The cease-fire has been shaken by fighting in one border town, and there so far has been no sign of any withdrawals by the Kurdish-led forces. Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said Ankara does not want Kurdish fighters to be able to continue to operate in border areas under control of Russian-backed Syrian forces. It said the Syrian Kurdish fighters used mortars, rockets, anti-aircraft and anti-tank heavy machine guns. AdvertisementTurkey’s state-run English-language broadcaster TRT World said the IS members and families were captured by Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces. Erdogan has accused Syrian Kurdish forces of releasing some 750 IS members and relatives amid Turkey’s offensive.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 19, 2019 20:15 UTC