Turkish
forces retaliated with artillery fire overnight and destroyed Kurdish YPG
militia targets after YPG fighters opened fire on Turkey-backed forces in
northern
Syria, the Turkish military said on Wednesday.
In a
statement, the Turkish army said the YPG machine gun fire targeted
Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army units in the Maranaz area south of the town of
Azaz in northern Syria.
The United
States supports the YPG in the fight against Islamic State in Syria, despite
repeated protests from NATO ally Turkey, which sees the Syrian Kurdish fighters
as terrorists and fears their advance will inflame a Kurdish insurgency at
home.
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