State Dept. ’not aware’ video showing YPG’s Ocalan in Raqqa

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert offered no comment on Tuesday (October 24) on a video showing PKK-affiliated YPG (Syrian Kurdish YPG terrorists claiming victory in the defeat of ISIS terrorists in Raqqa, Syria.

YPG militia members have credited Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan with their victory over ISIS in Raqqa, in apparent response to US criticism of their praise of a man jailed in Turkey for treason.

In a video praising Ocalan’s "ideological power", the YPG terrorists rebuffed US criticism of battle celebrations in Raqqa last week where the YPG’s all-female affiliate, the YPJ, unfa hrefed a banner with his face on it.

The banner has become a new focal point for Turkey’s anger over US support for the YPG, which Ankara sees as an extension of Ocalan’s outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The PKK is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, Turkey and the European Union.