PKK digs tunnel near Turkish border flouting deals

QAMISHLI, Syria

Despite agreements with Russia and the US, YPG/PKK terrorists on Friday started digging a tunnel in northeastern Syria bordering Turkey.

Turkey made separate agreements with the US and Russia on Oct. 9 2019, while Operation Peace Spring was going on.

The US promised the YPG/PKK would withdraw from the safe zone, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the Turkish border.

According to the deal with Moscow, Russian military police and Syrian border guards would enter the area outside of Operation Peace Spring to facilitate the removal of YPG/PKK elements.

However, according to local sources, the YPG/PKK has sped up the process of digging a tunnel near the Qamishli region with large numbers of construction equipment to expand the existing tunnel networks.

The terrorists had blocked the Qamishli-Amuda road for 24 hours to civilian passage on Thursday claiming a road was being built.

Sources noted that the terrorist organization is digging a tunnel in the occupied Ayn Isa town, that is on the strategic M4 highway.

*Writing by Dilara Hamit in Ankara