Russia says US is provoking Turkey by arming Syrian Kurds

<p style="text-align:left">The US is provoking Turkey by sending weapons to the Kurds in Syria through Iraqi territory, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a press conference in Moscow.

&ldquo;The Americans have sent the Kurds convoys with weapons through the territory of Iraq, provoking Turkey. Turkey, in turn, has continued its military activity against Kurds in the Afrin area in north-western Syria as part of the &lsquo;Operation Olive Branch&rsquo;,&rdquo; Zakharova said.

On 20 January, the Turkish Army and the Syrian Free Army waged &ldquo;Operation Olive Branch&rdquo; in the Afrin area in northern Syria, targeting the Islamic State (IS) sites as well as the Kurdistan Workers&rsquo; Party (PKK) and the Peoples&rsquo; Protection Units (YPG).

She said the US has engaged in an open confrontation against the Syrian army to support its Kurdish allies, Sputnik reported.

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