Foreign minister Fidan wants proof, not just words, on YPG dissolution

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan cautiously welcomed Damascus's announcement that the PKK/YPG's autonomous structures in Syria had dissolved, but said Ankara's response depends entirely on what happens on the ground. “If it is also implemented in practice as stated, then it is an extremely positive development,” he said, adding that Türkiye sees verification, not the statement itself, as decisive.

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