Barzani says that he's ready to send troops to Syrian Kurdistan if neccesary .

Barzani says that he's ready to send troops to Syrian Kurdistan if neccesary .

Massoud Barzani, the president of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, has said
that he will use “all capabilities” to defend Kurdish civilians who are
under threat by Al-Qaeda-linked fighters involved in the Syrian civil
war.

The statement comes days after reports of a possible massacre in
Syria.


Barzani said that he wants a committee to be formed to look into
reports of violence, and has hinted that the autonomous region of
northern Iraq, which has a well-equipped army, would intervene
militarily to defend Syrian Kurds.

In a letter which he posted online Saturday on the Kurdistan
Regional Government (KRG) website, he said that he told Kurdish
representatives to go to Syria and investigate reports that
“terrorists of Al-Qaeda are attacking the civilian population
and slaughtering innocent Kurdish women and children.”

“If the reports are true, showing that citizens, women and
children of innocent Kurds are under threat from murder and
terrorism, Iraq’s Kurdistan region will make use of all its
capabilities to defend women and children and innocent
civilians,” the letter continued.