11 Jan 2025
Friday 9 February 2018 - 22:52
Story Code : 293196

Turkey bombs US-backed militants in northern Syria



Press TV - Turkey has bombed US-backed Kurdish fighters�in Afrin with impunity, just after Washington cited an alleged attack�on the militants to target pro-government forces in Syria.�

The Turkish army said in a statement on Friday�that the overnight strikes�destroyed 19 targets, including ammunition depots, shelters and gun positions, state-run Anadolu news agency said.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said seven US-backed militants with the Kurdish People�s Protection Units (YPG) as well as two civilians were killed in the attacks.

Turkey began the attacks on January 20, but halted them after terrorists downed a Russian jet in the northwestern Syria province of Idlib,�in order to allow�Moscow to reinforce its air defense system.

The offensive is aimed at the YPG, which Turkey says bears ties with anti-Ankara militants.

The Turkish raid against Washington-backed forces comes two days after the US�attacked pro-Damascus forces in the western Syrian province of Dayr al-Zawr, reportedly killing more than 100 of them as the fighters were engaged in an anti-Daesh operation.



The US claimed that it launched the attack to protect�SDF militants whose ranks are filled with YPG fighters.

Syria rejected the claim and�condemned the attack as a �war crime� meant to boost Daesh�terrorists.

Turkey has been targeting the US-backed militants as part of Operation Olive Branch which Ankara launched after the United States said it sought to create a force near the Turkish border in Syria.

Ceasefire plan falls flat

Meanwhile, members of the United Nations Security Council failed to reach an agreement on a statement over the humanitarian situation in Syria.

Head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock, had called for an immediate 30-day ceasefire in Syria.

He cited�Eastern Ghouta near Damascus, which has been the scene of clashes between Syrian government forces and militants for weeks.

Russia�s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Moscow supported a�cessation of hostilities, but believed the plan was not realistic because terrorists were keeping up their attacks there.

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