In a sign of the risks to Turkey, rockets fired from Syria on the border town of Reyhanli on Sunday killed a Syrian refugee. The UN Security Council discussed Turkey’s offensive and the worsening humanitarian crisis in Syria on Monday but did not condemn or demand an end to the Turkish operation. Erdogan has previously indicated that once control is imposed in Afrin, Turkey wants to head east to defeat the YPG in the town of Manbij. Meanwhile Russia and Iran – who have a military presence in Syria and are working with Turkey on a peace process – have also expressed concern. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Kurdish representatives would be invited, without specifying who, and accused the US of encouraging Syrian Kurdish separatism.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 23, 2018 02:26 UTC