YPG/PKK terror suspect arrested in Amsterdam

THE HAGUE

A suspected YPG/PKK terrorist has been detained in the Netherlands, local authorities announced Tuesday.

The 24-year-old was arrested at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on suspicion of participation in armed conflict, said a statement by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service.

The statement said he was recognized from a 2017 television broadcast which showed him with a scarf covering his face, saying that he fought alongside the YPG/PKK against the terror group Daesh in Syria’s northern Raqqa province.

His pre-trial detention was extended by two weeks, it added.

In its 30-year terrorist campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- recognized as a terror group by Turkey, the U.S., EU -- has taken some 40,000 lives, including many women and children.

The YPG/PYD is the group's Syrian branch.