Clashes and air strikes again hit Syria’s border region of Afrin on Monday, with new civilian casualties reported as Turkey pursued an offensive against Kurdish forces. The operation, launched on January 20, sees Turkey providing air and ground support to Syrian opposition fighters in an offensive against Kurdish militia in northwestern Syria. Ankara, which considers the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria a “terror” group, has vowed to continue and possibly expand the operation despite international concern and strained relations with Washington. Turkish air strikes and artillery fire were continuing Monday in northern and western parts of a Afrin, a predominantly Kurdish region of Syria on the border with Turkey, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group. Read more of this reportSource: AFP|Daily Mail UK(Visited 12 times, 12 visits today)Commentscomments

Source: GNN Liberia January 29, 2018 12:45 UTC