NICOSIA — Iranian Kurdish fighters said they would be deployed in Syria to help establish an autonomous region near the Turkish border.

The Party of Free Life in Kurdistan said it would send fighters to join their counterparts in northern Syria. In a statement, Free Life, known as the Iranian branch of the Kurdish Workers Party, said the Syrian Kurds were under threat from both the regime of President Bashar Assad as well as the Free Syrian Army.

“This calls for a collective stand from the rest of Kurdistan to help their brothers there [in Syria],” Free Life said.

The statement on Aug. 5 did not say how many Iranian Kurds would arrive in Syria. Kurdish sources said the community in northern Syria was already being helped by the PKK,

Source WorldTribune