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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish forces have bombed positions of Kurdish YPG militias on the eastern bank of the Euphrates in northern Syria, the official Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday.
The decision comes two days after President Tayyip Erdogan issued a "final warning" to those who would endanger Turkey's borders, saying Ankara was determined to focus on Syrian Kurdish fighters at the time. 39, is from the Euphrates.
The bombing was targeting the Zor Magar region, west of the Ayn al-Arab region in northern Syria, and aimed to prevent "terrorist activities," reported Anadolu.
Turkey regards the YPG militia as a terrorist organization and an extension of the illegal Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has led an insurgency in Turkey for more than three decades.
Turkey launched an offensive against YPG forces in the Afrin region of northern Syria earlier this year.
The YPG took control of large areas of northeastern Syria in 2012 as government forces withdrew to fight rebels in the west.
Report by Ali Kucukgocmen; Edited by Alison Williams and Elaine Hardcastle
