The Turkish army said it launched new strikes Saturday against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia in northern Syria, amid mounting expectations of a cross-border ground operation. The army said it hit in “legitimate self defense” camps and refuges used by the YPG in response to fire coming from ...
Turkish Defense Minister said on Friday that a planned military incursion in the northwestern Syrian region of Afrin should be carried out with no delay, noting that the operation in the area had in fact “de facto” started with cross-border shelling. Nurettin Canikli said Turkey will launch a military operation ...
