Turkey slams Clinton for hinting support to Syrian KurdsANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s prime minister has criticized U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for comments during a debate suggesting that she would consider providing arms to support to Kurdish fighters in Syria. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) | mb.com.phThe United States considers the Syrian Kurdish militia the most effective force against the Islamic State group in Syria, but Turkey considers the force a terror organization because of its affiliation to Turkey’s outlawed Kurdish rebels. In his weekly address to his ruling party legislators on Tuesday, Binali Yildirim questioned the morality of “fighting a terrorist organization with another terrorist organization.”Clinton said during Sunday’s debate with Donald Trump that she favored continuing the Obama administration’s practice of funneling weapons to Iraq’s Kurdish armed forces and also hinted that she would consider extending that support to Syrian Kurdish fighters.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 11, 2016 10:30 UTC