The Turkish army opened fire at Kurdish positions near the city of Tall Rifat in the northern Syrian region of Aleppo on Monday in return to a strike on its forces, the Defense Ministry said
ANKARA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 19th August, 2019) The Turkish army opened fire at Kurdish positions near the city of Tall Rifat in the northern Syrian region of Aleppo on Monday in return to a strike on its forces, the Defense Ministry said."Terrorists from the Kurdish Workers' Party/People's Protection Units hit Turkish positions in the area where Operation Euphrates Shield is underway. The Turkish Armed Forces returned the fire," it said.
The three-year operation aims to drive Kurdish rebels away from the Turkish border with Syria. Damascus has condemned the Turkish incursion into Syria's north as illegal.
