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KURDS, AL-NUSRA CLASH AT TURKEY'S SYRIAN BORDER
16:32 18/07/2013 Â" SOCIETY
People's Defense Units (YPG) and an al-Qaeda-linked group engaged
in a fierce fight near the Turkish border town of Ceylanpınar in
the southeastern province of Å~^anlıurfa, according to Hurriyet
Daily News.
The YPG, the militant wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD)
allegedly linked to Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), reportedly took
control of the Ras al-Ayn-Ceylanpınar border gate amid other clashes
between the YPG and the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front that have been
continuing since July 16.
Turkey, meanwhile, returned fire into Syrian territory after shots
fired from the Syrian side during the PYD-al-Nusra battle struck
Ceylanpınar.
Kurdish fighters "have taken near-total control of Ras al-Ayn after
fierce battles that have raged since [July 16] evening, pitting
[Kurds] against the al-Nusra Front, the Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria and other groups," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The clashes between Kurdish fighters and jihadists broke out after
al-Nusra attacked a convoy of Kurdish women fighters, said observatory
director Rami Abdel Rahman. Nine jihadists and two Kurdish fighters
have been killed since battles erupted in the town on July 16, he said.
The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) said the parties to the clash were the
"separatist terrorist organization" and "opponents." There are also
some reports claiming that the PYD is fighting the Free Syrian Army
(FSA), the armed wing of the Syrian opposition.
Meanwhile, two people were killed by stray bullets fired from Syrian
side in border town Ceylanpınar.
Source: Panorama.am
16:32 18/07/2013 Â" SOCIETY
People's Defense Units (YPG) and an al-Qaeda-linked group engaged
in a fierce fight near the Turkish border town of Ceylanpınar in
the southeastern province of Å~^anlıurfa, according to Hurriyet
Daily News.
The YPG, the militant wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD)
allegedly linked to Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), reportedly took
control of the Ras al-Ayn-Ceylanpınar border gate amid other clashes
between the YPG and the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front that have been
continuing since July 16.
Turkey, meanwhile, returned fire into Syrian territory after shots
fired from the Syrian side during the PYD-al-Nusra battle struck
Ceylanpınar.
Kurdish fighters "have taken near-total control of Ras al-Ayn after
fierce battles that have raged since [July 16] evening, pitting
[Kurds] against the al-Nusra Front, the Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria and other groups," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The clashes between Kurdish fighters and jihadists broke out after
al-Nusra attacked a convoy of Kurdish women fighters, said observatory
director Rami Abdel Rahman. Nine jihadists and two Kurdish fighters
have been killed since battles erupted in the town on July 16, he said.
The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) said the parties to the clash were the
"separatist terrorist organization" and "opponents." There are also
some reports claiming that the PYD is fighting the Free Syrian Army
(FSA), the armed wing of the Syrian opposition.
Meanwhile, two people were killed by stray bullets fired from Syrian
side in border town Ceylanpınar.
Source: Panorama.am