Kurds accuse Turkey of backing IS militants

SURUC, Turkey (AP) — A Kurdish organization has accused the Turkish government of backing Islamic State militants fighting with Kurds in Syria, and suggested that could jeopardize a truce that Kurdish rebels in Turkey began in March 2013.

The statement was issued Wednesday by the Kurdish Communities Union, whose honorary leader is Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the Kurdish rebel group that has long fought Turkey for autonomy.