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Turkey army, Kurd-backed forces clash in north Syria

Published: 27 Aug 2016 - 05:08 pm | Last Updated: 04 Nov 2021 - 01:29 pm
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Turkish military tanks are seen at the Karkamis district of Turkey's Gaziantep during the "Operation Euphrates Shield" on August 25, 2016. Ensar Özdemir - AA

Beirut: Kurdish-backed fighters clashed with the Turkish military in tanks on the Syrian side of the border on Sunday, a monitoring group and Kurdish sources said.

"Turkish tanks advanced today near Al-Amarneh in Aleppo province, south of the border, and clashes broke out between them and fighters backed by Kurdish forces," Syrian Observatory for Human Rights head Rami Abdel Rahman said.

A source within northern Syria's autonomous Kurdish region confirmed the clashes.

AFP