But it is also aimed at U.S.-allied Kurdish forces that have gained control in recent months of most of the territory along the Turkey-Syria border. Turkey, he said, is also determined to “uproot” the Syrian Kurdish group, calling it a terrorist organization. But he didn’t specify a goal for the fight against the Kurdish forces. Erdogan then turned his focus to the main Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party, known as the PYD. Various factions of the Turkey-backed Syrian rebels said they had seized several villages and towns from Kurdish-led forces south of Jarablus, including Amarneh, where fighting was fiercest in recent days.

Source: thestar August 28, 2016 20:28 UTC