Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the so-called ” Euphrates Shield” offensive would be targeting terrorist groups like ISIL and Kurdish militants. At a press conference in Ankara, Erdogan said the operation was aimed against both ISIL and PYD — Democratic Union Party, whose military wing the People’s Protection Units ...
Turkish special forces have entered Syrian territory in what they say is an operation against the ISILTakfiri group in a Syrian city near the Turkish border. Turkish officials said anonymously that units of special forces entered Syria through the Turkish border after firing artillery rounds into the Syrian city of ...
