Turkey Attacks Kurds in Syria as U.S. Warnings Ignored
- Tanks cross border after F-16s fire missiles at Kurdish YPG
- Turkey-backed Syrian rebels advance toward Afrin from Azaz
Photographer: Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images
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Turkey pushed ahead with a ground offensive against Kurdish forces in northwest Syria -- in defiance of the U.S. -- to create what it called a security buffer along the border.
Turkish soldiers moved into the town of Afrin at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday, penetrating 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the Turkish border, NTV television reported, citing Prime Minister Binali Yildirim’s comments to reporters in Istanbul. Turkish F-16s and artillery units hit about 200 targets, the army said.