Turk Shelling of U.S.-Allied Kurds in Syria Muddles IS Fight
- Turkey concerned Kurdish gains will lead to independent state
- Syrian PYD is linked to Kurdish PKK warring with Turk forces
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Turkish artillery units shelled Syrian Kurdish forces suspected of trying to seize more territory along the border with Turkey, in a new eruption of violence complicating efforts to defeat Islamic State.
Turkey returned fire over the weekend at four positions of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Party, or PYD, in northwest Syria, Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz told a parliamentary committee, including the Mannagh air base the Kurds captured last week. Turkey’s foreign ministry said forces on Monday responded to fire from within Syria on a border outpost in Hatay province.