"If the United States is genuine to fight terrorism, they should cooperate and support Kurds," Muslim said on Wednesday.
Turkish forces regularly come into confrontation with the Kurdish Democratic Union Party, and its military wing People's Protection Units (YPG) operating in Syria, which Ankara considers to be an affiliate of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), outlawed in Turkey.
The US-led coalition of more than 60 nations has been conducting airstrikes against the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria since 2014. The strikes have not been authorized by President Bashar Assad’s government or the UN Security Council. Ahead of the election, Trump had said that the United States should stop trying to get rid of Assad and instead start looking for a diplomatic solution jointly with Russia.
