TURKEY STILL SEES SYRIA AS PKK SUPPORTER

It was the first time Turkey’s intelligence community cited Syria as a supporter of Kurdish insurgency activities since Ankara and Damascus accelerated security and military cooperation over the last year. The cooperation was based on the exchange of intelligence, joint training and increased control of the Syrian-Turkish border.
In 1998, Turkey massed troops along its border with Syria amid a demand that Damascus expel PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. Weeks later, Ocalan quietly left Damascus and was captured by Turkish forces.