US appoints ‘PKK commander’ to spearhead attacks against Syrian opposition in Idlib

As the Washington administration warns the Assad regime to stop its vicious bombardments in the last opposition-held stronghold of Syria’s Idlib, it simultaneously dispatches Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists to the region, further escalating tensions which could lead to a grave massacre.

Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh Brett McGurk has appointed so-called Manbij Military Council (MMC) spokesman Servan Darwish as a quasi-commander of PKK terrorists to conduct attacks against the Syrian opposition in Idlib.

The Syrian regime has recently announced plans to launch a major military offensive in Idlib, which has long been controlled by various armed opposition groups, and is under heavy bombardment by Russia and Assad. The last such provocation triggered joint airstrikes by the U.S., UK and France against the Syrian regime.

Servan Darwish is from the terror organization’s Qandil cadre, which is considered as the main base of the PKK, and a prominent figure for the U.S, notably for McGurk.

Darwish recently arrived in Syria’s Aleppo with 250 PKK terrorists following a meeting with McGurk in Hasakah.

Top White House envoys and commanders such as U.S. Central Command General Joseph Votel, American Special Operations Commander in Syria and Iraq Jamie Jarrard, and Commander of the U.S.-led Coalition Task Force Lieutenant-General Paul Funk previously awarded Darwish with a distinguished service medal during their visits to Syria’s Manbij.

PKK terrorists are being deployed to the frontlines within the context of a meeting conducted in August between Ilham Ahmad, one of the PKK’s so-called political representatives and Bashar al-Assad’s Special Security Adviser Ali Mamlouk at the Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus.

Following the U.S.-backed PKK and Assad regime negotiations, 6000 terrorists have been deployed to two separated points in the Idlib region.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States. The PKK has been conducting armed violence in the southeastern part of Turkey since 1984. More than 40,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the three-decade long conflict.