2000 Daesh terrorists join PKK

Local sources have reported that the PKK terrorist organization is building a new headquarters, barracks and defense posts in the Sinjar mountain region, to the West of Mosul.

Close to 2,000 Daesh supporters and sympathizers from the villages on the border of Iraq are in support of the PKK, according to local sources.

Ninova Tribal Assembly Speaker Muzahim el Huveyt told Yeni Şafak Daily that the PKK had intensified its efforts to gain the support of Daesh. El Huveyt said that 1836 armed locals, many of whom are Daesh terrorists and administrators, had joined the ranks of the PKK.

“After joining the PKK, they carried out tens of terrorist attacks and then went back beside the PKK," said el Huveyt.

Ninova Province Council's Kurdish arm leader Seydo Çeto Heso said that the PKK could potentially be preparing for an international operation.

“The PKK is building more barracks and defense posts around Sinjar mountain to welcome more terrorists," Heso said.

Heso explained that the PKK terrorist organization was monitoring international and regional balances of power, as it aims to become a permanent player in the region with the support of Baghdad and Shiite forces.

The locals, the Yazidis in particular, are uncomfortable with the presence of the PKK in the region, reported Heso. “The PKK could even target the legitimate Kurdish administration," he explained.

“The PKK's new barracks and defense posts pose a threat to the life of the locals who have left their homes because of the Daesh terrorists in the area," said Heso.

There are reports indicating that Baghdad is aware of the shift from Daesh terrorists to the PKK on the Iraq-Syria border.

Baghdad has started to financially aid the PKK. In the Iraqi Parliament, groups close to Iran, such as the PUK, want the PKK to officially endorse it.

El Huveyt told Yeni Şafak Daily that in the case of increased attacks in Turkey, there should be airstrikes targeting Sinjar mountain.

El Huveyt expressed that the PKK's presence in the region is a threat to the locals, as the PKK is cooperating with Daesh, which has driven locals out of their homes. Stating that the PKK disturbed the Yazidis, Kurdish administration, Kurdish tribes, Arabs and Turkmen community, El Huveyt called on the international coalition forces led by the U.S. to find a solution to the issue of the PKK.