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Old 03-20-2017, 04:21 PM
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Russia is setting up a military base in northwestern Syria in agreement with the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia that controls the area and will be training YPG fighters as part of the fight against terrorism, the militia's spokesman said on Monday.

YPG spokesman Redur Xelil told Reuters the agreement with Russia was concluded on Sunday, and that Russian troops had already arrived at the position in the northwestern region of Afrin with troop carriers and armoured vehicles.

The move will likely anger neighbouring Turkey. Ankara views the YPG as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is waging an insurgency inside Turkey.
Kurdish YPG welcomes Russian troops to Syrian military base | Middle East Eye

Syrian rebels, supported by the Turkish army, have attacked Kurds at Afrin recently, so the Kurds are pragmatically getting both the Russians and the Americans and even the Syrian army to protect them.
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