The Turkish military has announced one soldier was killed in its cross-border operation on a Kurdish held enclave in northern Syria. The unnamed soldier is the first to be killed in the military offensive code-named Olive Branch, now ending its third day. Turkey is waging a major offensive against the Afrin enclave in northwestern Syria, which is controlled by U.S.-allied Kurdish forces. Erdogan slammed the United States for working with Syrian Kurdish forces instead of Turkey in combatting the Islamic State group. ———12:30 p.m.Russia is accusing the United States of fomenting separatism in the Kurdish enclave in Syria that has come under attack by Turkey over the weekend.

Source: ABC News January 22, 2018 10:37 UTC