The YPG Afrin Command has issued a statement regarding attacks by the Al Nusra Front and other groups on the villages of Nible and Zehra 3 days ago. The statement stressed that the YPG was not taking sides in the clashes between the groups and regime forces, and drew attention to the fact some media sources were targeting the YPG and Afrin Canton.

The YPG Afrin Command issued a statement regarding attacks on villages between Aleppo and Afrin emphasising their neutrality.

"Following these attacks by the Al Nusra Front and other groups certain TV stations and internet sites have turned their attention to Afrin and the YPG. All these broadcasts are lies. We have not taken sides in these clashes, we are only trying to defend our area," the statement said, adding that the YPG would resist ill intentioned approaches, while welcoming those who came as friends, not foes.  

The YPG statement concluded as follows: "We have demonstrated in Kobanê with the heroic resistance mounted there how we defend and protect our areas. Therefore, in the event of an attack on our canton, we state clearly that we will defend our canton to the end in a manner worthy of that resistance."