Syria: YPG/PKK terrorists use schools as headquarters

By Omer Koparan

TAL ABYAD, Syria (AA) - YPG/PKK terrorists shut down schools to turn them into military bases in the Syrian district of Tal Abyad.

Vail Hamdo, head of local council, told Anadolu Agency that the terror group closed schools to recruit the young people in Tal Abyad, Raqqa, which was cleared from terrorist by Turkey's anti-terror operation in northern Syria.

A video footage showed that schools which were closed by the YPG/PKK to be used as military headquarters and the terror group dug many tunnels under the schools to reach Turkish border.

"They abolished education in Tal Abyad to deprive young people of education and use them as 'fuel' for their own terrorist wars. They wanted to create an unemployed and ignorant youth," Hamdo said.

Tal Abyad was liberated from YPG/PKK terrorists by Turkish Armed Forces and Syrian National Army on Oct. 13 during Turkey's counter-terror operation in northern Syria.

Turkey on Oct. 9 launched Operation Peace Spring to eliminate YPG/PKK terrorists from northern Syria east of the Euphrates River in order to secure Turkey’s borders, aid in the safe return of Syrian refugees, and ensure Syria’s territorial integrity.

In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union -- has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children and infants. The YPG is the PKK's Syrian offshoot.