Kurds in northern Syria who woke to deadly Turkish air strikes overnight expressed fear and anger on Sunday, accusing the United States of abandoning them after they spearheaded the fight against the Islamic State group

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The deadly offensive comes a week after a blast in central Istanbul that killed six people and wounded 81, and which Turkey blames on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has waged a bloody insurgency there for decades.'Stained with blood'On Sunday, dozens of people held a brief protest in Al-Malikiyah, denouncing the Turkish attacks but also Washington's "abandonment", an AFP correspondent said.Some waved Kurdish flags or held pictures of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who remains imprisoned in Turkey."America is a partner of (Turkish President Recep Tayyip) Erdogan, whose hands are stained with the blood of our martyrs," the protester said, requesting anonymity."The heroic city of Kobane stopped the global terror of ISIS and protected humanity, and now they should be supported by the international community," YPG spokesman Nuri Mahmoud tweeted, referring to the extremist group."

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