Tribes in northern Syria have condemned terrorists from the PKK's Syrian offshoot YPG for targeting the country's territorial integrity.
The Syrian Council of Tribes and Clans emphasized in a statement that YPG/PKK terrorists have targeted the country's territorial integrity with separatist and destructive practices.
It is impossible to build trust and stability in the regions occupied by the YPG/PKK, it said.
"The only aim of terrorists is to divide Syria, to gain personal gains, not to lose the power in their hands and to plunder the wealth of the Syrian people," it said.
The statement said the terrorist group has to return stolen resources and wealth to the Syrian people and the only way out of the crisis is to protect the territorial integrity of Syria.
Arab tribes in the Jazira region also condemned the separatist practices of the YPG/PKK, according to the Syrian regime's news agency, SANA.
The tribes pointed out in a statement that the terror organization wants to divide Syria.
The PKK is a designated terrorist organization in the United States, Türkiye and the European Union, and Washington's support for its Syrian affiliate has been a major strain on bilateral relations with Ankara. The U.S. primarily partnered with the YPG in northeastern Syria in its fight against the Daesh terrorist group. On the other hand, Türkiye strongly opposed the YPG's presence in northern Syria. Ankara has long objected to the U.S.' support for the YPG, a group that poses a threat to Türkiye and that terrorizes local people, destroying their homes and forcing them to flee.
Under the pretext of fighting Daesh, the U.S. has provided military training and given truckloads of military support to the YPG, despite its NATO ally's security concerns. Underlining that one cannot support one terrorist group to defeat another, Türkiye conducted its own counterterrorism operations, over the course of which it has managed to remove a significant number of terrorists from the region.
Furthermore, local people living in areas held by the YPG have also long suffered from its atrocities, as the terrorist organization has a notorious record of human rights abuses including kidnappings, recruitment of child soldiers, torture, ethnic cleansing and forced displacement in Syria. The YPG has forced young people from areas under its control to join its forces within its "compulsory conscription."
