Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria today, just days after US troops pulled back from the area, with airstrikes and artillery hitting YPG militia positions around the border town of Ras al Ain.
Several large explosions rocked Ras al Ain, just across the border across from the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar, areporter said. The sound of planes could be heard above and smoke was rising from buildings in Ras al Ain, he said.World powers fear the action could open a new chapter in Syria’s war and worsen regional turmoil. Ankara has said it intends to create a “safe zone” in order to return millions of refugees to Syrian soil.
Amid deepening humanitarian concerns, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged all parties in northeast Syria to exercise maximum restraint and protect civilians.Kurdish-led forces have denounced the US policy shift as a “stab in the back”. Trump denied he had abandoned the forces, the most capable US partners in fighting Islamic State in Syria.
Erdogan’s communications director Fahrettin Altun said Turkey had no ambition in northeastern Syria except to neutralise the threat against Turkish citizens and to liberate the local people from what he called “the yoke of armed thugs”.YPG fighters
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