Syria: Clashes between Turkish army and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria as Ankara deploys military to border
Clashes between the Turkish army and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northeastern city of Qamishli have erupted on Saturday, Iranian Fars News Agency reported, citing pro-Syrian rebel Step News.
Turkish Army shelled SDF military points in Qamishli and near the border with Turkey while two military points of the Turkish Army were destroyed, three Turkish soldiers were killed and four others were injured during two separate military offensives by the SDF, according to Fars News Agency.
Ankara views the Kurdish-dominated autonomous administrations and militias that control the border region as extensions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), an outlawed group that has fought for Kurdish autonomy for decades and is listed as a terrorist organisation by both Turkey and the United States.