IS conflict: US arming Syrian Kurds unacceptable - Turkey

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Turkey's deputy prime minister says the US decision to supply weapons to Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State militants in Syria is "unacceptable".
Arming the Po[CENSORED]r Protection Units (YPG) would "not be beneficial", Nurettin Canikli told A Haber TV.
Ankara says the YPG is an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), designated a terrorist group by the US.
The PKK insurgency to secure Kurdish autonomy in Turkey has killed thousands of people.
Washington says the YPG is essential to the operation to capture the IS stronghold of Raqqa.
The YPG leads the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias that has driven IS militants from about 6,000 sq km (2,300 sq miles) of northern Syria over the past two years with the help of US-led coalition air strikes