Amid US calls for restraint, Turkish artillery pounded YPG positions, while rockets fired from inside Syria slammed into two Turkish border towns, wounding dozens, according to the local governor’s office and a witness. Washington, which is backing the YPG in the battle against Islamic State in Syria, on Sunday said it was concerned about the situation. BORDER TOWNS HITThe attacks follow weeks of warnings against the YPG in Syria from Erdogan and his ministers. Rockets fired across the border from Syria hit the Turkish town of Reyhanli, killing a Syrian national and wounding 46 people, the local governor’s office said. Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army rebel factions had captured a Kurdish village with no resistance and were clearing landmines, a Turkish official said.

Source: bd News24 January 21, 2018 19:41 UTC