now the kurdish flag flies above tal abbia. that makes the turkish government nervous. >> on the border in tal abbiad the west conducting bombings against arabs and turkmen is positioned with the pyd and p.k.k. in their place. >> reporter: they see the y.p.g. as an offshoot of p.k.k. a separatist group fighting a 30 years battle with the turkish state. the syrian kurds added tal abbia to the in dependent regions. that town is majority arab. however, the kurds say it was once kurdish. before they were forced out firstly by the syrian government in the 1980s, and recently by i.s.i.l. >>> the turkish government and a group of 15 syrian groups accused the ypg of displacing arabs and turkmen from the area. these accusations are baseless. we don't fight i.s.i.l. alone. arabs and christians fight on the front line. we didn't liberate tal abbia because it's kurdish, we treat all differently regardless of being in the north or south, and invite all the arabs to come back. anyone can come to verify what i'm saying. >> reporter: for i.s.i.

now the kurdish flag flies above tal abbia. that wakes the turkish government nervous. >> translation: on our border in tal abbia in the west conducting air raids is keeping members of pyd and ppk in place. >> reporter: turkey sighs the pyd as an offshoot of the ppk, a separatist group that fought a 30 year battle. the syrian kurds added tal ablia as a list of self-declared independent region in northern syria. uniquely that town is majority arab. the kurds say it wants kurdish before they were forced out this morning. by the government in the 1980s, and recently by i.s.i.l. the turkish government and 15 groups accused the y.p.g. of displacing arabs and turkmen from the areas. >> these accusations are baseless. we don't fight i.s.i.l. alone. arabs and christians fight with us on the front line. we didn't elaborate. we treat the cities equally, regardless of mining arab kurd or in the north and south. anyone can come here to verify what i'm saying. >> reporter: for i.s.i.l., the loss of tal abbia is a significant defeat. >> the