The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said today that Turkey's attack on northern Syria has revived Islamic State and called on allied countries that have helped fight the extremist group to close their airspace to Turkish warplanes, Reuters reports.
Senior SDF official Redur Kselil said in a televised address that his forces continue to cooperate with the US-led coalition against Islamic State, even as they now face a Turkish offensive in northern Syria, Reuters reported.
"The Turkish invasion no longer heralds the revival of IS, but has just revived it and activated its cells in Qamishli and Hasakah, as well as all other areas," Kselil said.
"We are now fighting on two fronts – one is against the Turkish invasion and the other is against IS," Xelil added, Reuters reports.
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