Syrian Kurdish officials denied the Turkish reports. Turkey is riled by U.S. support to the YPG, and accuses the U.S. of allegedly not fulfilling a promise to move the Syrian Kurdish fighters in Manbij east of the Euphrates River. He says Russia would consider a missile strike on Damascus a threat to the lives of the Russian military who are deployed there and would respond. Turkey is riled by U.S. support to the Syrian Kurdish militia known as the YPG, and accuses the U.S. of allegedly not fulfilling a promise to move the Syrian Kurdish fighters in Manbij east of the Euphrates River. Ankara has threatened to expand its current offensive in northern Syria to drive the Syrian Kurds out of Manbij.

Source: National Post March 13, 2018 08:14 UTC