Turkish Forces Push Into Syria, Kurdish Militia Says Attacks Repulsed

Turkish Forces Push Into Syria, Kurdish Militia Says Attacks Repulsed
Smoke rises from the Syria's Afrin region, as it is pictured from near the Turkish town of Hassa, on the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province, Turkey January 20, 2018. Reuters/Osman Orsal
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AZAZ, Syria—Turkish ground forces pushed into northern Syria’s Afrin province on Sunday, the army said, after Turkey launched artillery and air strikes on a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia it aims to sweep from its border.

The Syrian-Kurdish YPG militia, supported by the United States but seen as a terrorist organization by Turkey, said it had repulsed the Turkish forces and their allies after fierce clashes.