(25.2.2017) A plan to include Syrian Kurdish fighters, who are described as the “Rojava peshmargas” by Ankara and were earlier trained by Barzani’s Iraqi Kurdish peshmarga forces for operations in Syria, is on the agendas of the two sides, a Turkish official, who asked to remain anonymous, told Hürriyet Daily News. Some of these forces have been trained by the Turkish Armed Forces at the Bashiqa Camp in northern Iraq and they were described as “friendly elements” by Ankara. In 2014, the Syrian peshmargas, who were trained in northern Iraq, fought against ISIL with the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Kobane, the official said.