Turkey orders arrest of Salih Muslim, puts him in red list

<p style="text-align: left;">Turkey added Salih Muslim, the former co-chairman of Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), to Ankara&amp;rsquo;s interior ministry &amp;ldquo;Red List&amp;rdquo; and announced a $1 million bounty for his arrest.

The award of 4 million Turkish lira was offered for Muslim&rsquo;s arrest over his alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK).

The &ldquo;Red List&rdquo; has names of the most sought-after individuals, including senior fighters and leaders of groups considered &ldquo;terrorists&rdquo; by Turkey.

Earlier this month, Muslim strongly criticized the Turkish offensive against Kurdish-held Afrin, calling the offensive an attempt to change the area&rsquo;s demography.

On January 20, Turkey launched a military operation against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in the Afrin region, backing Syrian rebels with air strikes and ground troops fighting the Kurds.

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