Turkey says it ‘neutralised’ 14 Kurdish militants in Syria

Ankara has launched a barrage of air strikes since a bomb attack a week ago.

ANKARA: Turkish forces have “neutralised” at least 14 Kurdish militants in northern Syria in overnight attacks on militant targets, the defence ministry said today, as conflict in the region escalated nearly a week after a bomb attack in Ankara.

“Targets belonging to PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Syria’s Euphrates Shield, Olive Branch, and Peace Spring operation areas were hit strongly all night long,” the ministry said, referring to regions where Turkey has previously mounted incursions. Late yesterday, the ministry had said Turkey’s military had conducted air strikes in northern Syria, destroying 15 militant targets where it said militants were believed to be.

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