U.S., British citizens join PYD/PKK to battle against Turkey in Syria's Afrin

U.S., British and German militants, who have fought for PYD/PKK-led forces in Syria, are in the Afrin region to battle against Turkish troops that launched 'Operation Oil Branch' to purge Daesh and YPG terrorists from Turkey's southern border, the PYD/PKK-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Wednesday.

The PKK/PYD held-Afrin region is being targeted in an operation by the Turkish army and Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army groups.

"There was a desire on the part of the foreign fighters who fought in Raqqa and who are fighting in Deir al-Zor to go to Afrin," Redur Xelil, a senior PKK/PYD-led SDF figure, told Reuters.

He declined to say when the foreigners had gone to Afrin, but said they numbered in the "tens". "They will wage battles against the Turkish army and Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army groups" Xelil said.

"There are Americans, Britons, Germans, different nationalities from Europe, Asia and America," Xelil concluded.
Afrin has been a major hideout for the PYD/PKK since July 2012 when the Assad regime in Syria left the city to the terror group without putting up a fight.
The PYD/PKK is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK terrorist group, which has been designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU.