Syrian Kurds in Moscow, Hopeful of Recognition, Rouse Turks' Ire
- Delegation to discuss opening representative office in Moscow
- Russia, Turkey have clashed over Kremlin air campaign in Syria
This article is for subscribers only.
A group of Syrian Kurds is trying to open a representative office in Moscow, a move that risks straining already frayed ties between Turkey and Russia as they spar over the latter’s first military campaign in the Middle East in more than three decades.
A Kurdish delegation is now in the Russian capital led by Asia Abdullah, co-leader of the Syrian-based Kurdish group PYD, according to Ibrahim Kurdo, head of the foreign relations committee in the provincial government of Kobani, Syria. Turkey considers the PYD and its armed YPG wing to be terrorist organizations.