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Turkey shells US-backed Kurdish militia positions in Syria: state media


Sunday, 28 October, 2018 , 12:47

Istanbul, Oct 28, 2018 (AFP) — Turkey's military on Sunday fired artillery shells on positions in Syria of a Kurdish militia backed by the United States but deemed a terrorist group by Ankara, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

The shells targeted "shelters" of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) east of the Euphrates River in the Kobane region of northern Syria, Anadolu said.