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The campaign is supported by the Kurdish militia that dominate the SDF.
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Kurdish militias have yet to indicate whether they will agree to those demands.
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Both are hostile to the YPG, the main Syrian Kurdish militia.
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Kurdish militia forces man improvised checkpoints made of boulders and tires.
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It has been particularly angered by U.S. support for Kurdish militia fighters in Syria.
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The U.S. forces have been working with a Kurdish militia to fight against Islamic State.
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Turkey fears a power grab by Kurdish militias in Syria may embolden the PKK militants.
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The Turkish operations have led to tensions with Kurdish militia forces fighting IS in northern Syria.
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Ankara was long frustrated by former President Barack Obama's decision to back a Syrian Kurdish militia.
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Kurdish militia and Islamist militants have fought territorial disputes in Syria during the four-year civil war.
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Turkey launched an offensive against Syrian Kurdish militias, some of whom it considers a terrorist group.
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Turkish authorities blamed Kurdish militia for the death.
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The Russian president may increase support for Kurdish militia fighting inside Syria, something Ankara has warned against.
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The United States has called on Turkey to stop shelling a Kurdish militia group in northern Syria.
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Late last month Kurdish militias drove Islamic State forces out of the northern Syrian town of Kobane.
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Turkey-backed Syrian fighters spearheaded a Turkish military incursion into northeast Syria in October targeting a Kurdish militia.
