TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Turkey’s army and its allies thrust deeper into Syria, seizing territory controlled by Kurdish-aligned forces on the fifth day of a cross-border campaign that a monitoring group said had killed at least 35 villagers. Turkish warplanes roared into northern Syria on Sunday and artillery pounded what security sources said were sites held by the Kurdish YPG militia, after the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported fierce overnight fighting around two villages. Turkey said 25 Kurdish militants were killed in its airstrikes and denied there were civilian casualties. Turkey, which is also battling Kurdish insurgents at home, sent tanks and troops into Syria on Wednesday to support its Syrian militant allies. The Turkish-backed forces first seized the Syrian border town of Jarablus from Daesh terrorists before pushing south into areas held by Kurdish-aligned militias.

Source: GNN Liberia August 29, 2016 08:15 UTC