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The Syrian government has confirmed that its army positions were targeted by Turkish shelling on Saturday, which also hit the positions of the Syrian Kurdish militias in the northern Aleppo province. Turkish shelling reportedly continued Sunday.
Syria’s government has condemned Turkey for shelling Syrian territory, describing the act as direct support for “terrorist” groups, Syrian state media reported on Sunday, citing the letter to the United Nations.
Turkey and Saudi Arabia could launch a ground operation in Syria against the Islamic State (IS) militant group, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying on Saturday.
“If there will be a comprehensive strategy within the scope of fight against IS, we all said that Turkey and Saudi Arabia could launch a ground operation,” the minister was quoted by Turkey’s Haberturk daily as saying after attending the Munich Security Conference.
At least nine civilians and 16 rebel fighters have been killed as security forces battle militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, the army and the region’s main political party said on Monday.
Violence has raged in the region since the collapse of peace talks last July aimed at ending a three-decade PKK insurgency.
Militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) detonated a roadside bomb in the southeastern province of Şırnak overnight, killing three police officers and wounding four others in an armored vehicle, security sources said Jan. 18.
Reports indicate the blast occurred at around 11:30 p.m. in Şırnak’s İdil district when PKK militants detonated a roadside bomb during the passage of an armored police car.
Turkey killed 200 militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in cross-border operations after an ISIL suicide bomber slaughtered 10 German tourists in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet Square on Jan. 12, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said.
Turkey fired 500 cannon shots at ISIL targets in Iraq and Syria, killing 200 militants over the past 48 hours, Davutoğlu announced in an address to Turkish ambassadors gathered for an annual conference in Ankara.
“Every attack against Turkey’s guests will be punished,” Davutoğlu added.