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MPs warn of Foreign Office “incoherence” on plight of Kurds
Theresa May with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace in Ankara last year

THE Foreign Office has an “incoherent” position on the future of Syrian Kurds and has failed to defend Iraqi Kurds, MPs charged yesterday.

A damning report from the Commons foreign affairs committee said that the Boris Johnson’s department needs a “clear view” on the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).

The YPG has formed a major part of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which the British government has been supporting with air strikes in the fight against Isis.

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