The Turkish military has said that two Turkish soldiers and two allied Syrian opposition fighters were killed in a military offensive against a Kurdish-held enclave in northern Syria. The military statement published late Saturday said the men were killed in clashes with Syrian Kurdish YPG and the Islamic State group. Turkey has been battling the YPG, which it deems a terror organization, to clear Afrin in northern Syria of the group. Left-wing activists joined Kurdish opposition groups in Saturday's demonstration at the Place de la Republique in eastern Paris. Violence has escalated in northern Syria in recent days as Turkish forces have targeted the city of Afrin and threatened to push further east toward the border with Iraq.

Source: ABC News January 27, 2018 14:16 UTC