This pictures show the military vehicles loaded with howitzers and ammunitions which reached the Turkish border town of Kilis, near Afrin last week. Daily Sabah
Al Bawaba: Tensions Between Turkey, Syrian Kurds Following Cross-border Fire
Turkey has massed troops on the Syrian border, as clashes with Kurdish militias broke out on Tuesday night sparking fears of wider skirmishes between the two groups.
Turkish artillery fire targeted the People's Protection Units (YPG) across the border after Kurdish fighters fired on Ankara-backed Syrian forces.
Ankara said that Free Syrian Army fighters were fired on by the YPG in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, sparking retaliatory shelling from Turkish artillery.
"Fire support vehicles in the region were used to retaliate in kind against the harassing fire and the identified targets were destroyed/neutralised," a Turkish military statement said.
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WNU Editor: Turkey is focused on what the Kurds are doing. U.S. military forces are not far
away .... U.S. special operations forces dispatched to Tal Abyad in northern Syria (Military Times).
Turkey returns fire on YPG in northern Syria: Military -- Hurriyet Daily News/Reuters
Turkey: Military Returned Fire Against Syrian Kurds -- VOA
Turkish military build-up at border ready to target YPG-held Afrin, Tal Rifat -- Daily Sabah
Turkey-backed Islamist rebels bomb Kurdish villages in Syria’s Aleppo -- ARA News
Turkey's Erdogan calls for review of Nato over US arming of Kurds fighting Isil in Syria -- The Telegraph
Erdogan dismisses pledges over weapons for Kurds in Syria -- Reuters
Turkish military 'returns fire' at Kurdish YPG forces -- Al Jazeera
Turkey’s Erdogan threatens new military operation in Syria -- Panorama News
President Erdogan: New Turkish Military Operation in Syria Possible -- Tasnim
New Turkish Military Operation in Syria Possible -- Sputnik
Turkey's real target on way to Idlib: Kurds -- Al-Monitor
More News On Turkey's Buildup On The Syrian Border
Turkey returns fire on YPG in northern Syria: Military -- Hurriyet Daily News/Reuters
Turkey: Military Returned Fire Against Syrian Kurds -- VOA
Turkish military build-up at border ready to target YPG-held Afrin, Tal Rifat -- Daily Sabah
Turkey-backed Islamist rebels bomb Kurdish villages in Syria’s Aleppo -- ARA News
Turkey's Erdogan calls for review of Nato over US arming of Kurds fighting Isil in Syria -- The Telegraph
Erdogan dismisses pledges over weapons for Kurds in Syria -- Reuters
Turkish military 'returns fire' at Kurdish YPG forces -- Al Jazeera
Turkey’s Erdogan threatens new military operation in Syria -- Panorama News
President Erdogan: New Turkish Military Operation in Syria Possible -- Tasnim
New Turkish Military Operation in Syria Possible -- Sputnik
Turkey's real target on way to Idlib: Kurds -- Al-Monitor
