Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 13:17 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of a "heavy price" Sunday for protests against his government's military operation targeting Syrian Kurdish militia, after the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) called on people to take to the streets.

Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 13:17 AFP — President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday condemned Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia in the northern Syrian region of Afrin, saying it was part of Ankara's support for extremist groups.

Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 12:45 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said he hoped Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia in northern Syria would be completed in "a very short time", as Turkish ground troops entered Syria.

Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 12:16 AFP — French Defence Minister Florence Parly on Sunday pressed Turkey to stop its offensive against Kurdish militia fighting in Syria, saying the fighters were a key ally against terrorism in the war-torn country.

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Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 10:36 AFP — Turkish ground troops entered Syria on Sunday to push an offensive against Kurdish militia as rocket fire hit a border town in apparent retaliation.

Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 09:39 AFP — Turkish troops on Sunday crossed over the Syrian border into the Afrin region on the second day of Ankara's operation against the Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) Kurdish militia, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said.

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Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 08:37 AFP — Turkish forces and their Syrian allies on Sunday pressed a cross border offensive against a Kurdish militia for a second day, as rocket fire hit a border town in apparent retaliation.

Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 07:29 AFP — Four rockets fired by Syrian Kurdish militia hit a town in southern Turkey on the Syrian border early Sunday without causing loss of life, local officials said, hours after the Turkish army began a new operation against the group.