Turkey will take all kinds of measures to eliminate the threat posed by Kurdish militias in western Syria and will not allow the creation of an army of terrorists ”. Turkey's main security body, the National Security Council, held a meeting today on the topic of Syrian Kurdish fighters who have brought results in northern Syria. Turkey will not allow the creation of a "corridor of terror" near its borders. Turkey has criticized the United States for plans to form a security force by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an umbrella group dominated by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). Turkey called on the US to collect all weapons handed over to the YPG as the fight against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria is completed. Turkey sees the YPG as Syrian affiliates of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). However, the United States has supported the YPG as its ally on the ground in the fight against IS in Syria. The US-led coalition against IS has issued a written statement and confirmed it will establish a new border security force with 30.000 men with the YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The council also decided to extend the state of emergency for another three months. The prime minister will present the motion to parliament to approve the state of emergency for the sixth time, which is declared after the July 15, 2016 military coup attempt.
