Turkey launches offensive against Syrian city held by US-backed Kurdish forces

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Turkey launches offensive against Syrian city held by US-backed Kurdish forces

backed fighters from the Free Syrian Army fire towards Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) positions in the village of Um al-Hosh, in the area of Afrin - AFP/ Turkish warplanes stuck residential parts of Syria’s Afrin on Saturday, forcing people to hole up in their homes and shelters, as Ankara launched an offensive to smash positions held by US-backed Kurdish forces. Hevi Mustafa, a top member of the civilian administration that governs the city in the northwest of Syria, said several wounded people had arrived in the hospitals. "As of ...

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