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https://scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/2129890/turkey-attacks-fighter-jets-bomb-kurdish-positions-new-syria
World/ Middle East

Turkey attacks: jets bomb Kurds while ground forces enter Syria in new offensive called ‘Operation Olive Branch’

Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on Saturday, conducting air strikes against Kurdish positions, while ground forces entered the country on Sunday

Smoke billows on the Syrian side of the border at Hassa near Hatay, southern Turkey as Turkish jet fighters hit People's Protection Units (YPG) positions. Photo: AFP

Turkish ground troops entered Syria on Sunday to push an offensive against Kurdish militia as rocket fire hit a border town in apparent retaliation.

Turkey on Saturday launched operation “Olive Branch” seeking to oust from the Afrin region of northern Syria the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) which Ankara considers a terror group.