Turkey shells YPG targets in northern Syria in retaliation

Turkish artillery on Feb. 13 bombarded People's Protection Units (YPG) targets in northern Syria, Turkish security sources has told private broadcaster CNNTürk.

The targets hit were near the town of Azaz in northern Syria, a Turkish government source told Reuters, without elaborating on the extent of the shelling or why it had been carried out.

According to the sources, the Turkish military retaliated twice on Feb. 13 within its rules of engagement.
The first incident occurred around 3 p.m., when Syrian regime forces fired mortar shells near Çalıboğazı Post in the border province of Hatay. The Turkish Armed Forces retaliated to the firing.

In the second incident, gunfire from the YPG-controlled Maranas, located in the southwest of Azez, targeted Turkey’s Akçağbağlar region.

The Turkish military retaliated for two hours within the rules of engagement, the sources said.

"The Turkish Armed Forces fired shells at PYD positions in the Azaz area," the government source told Reuters, referring to the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), which Ankara regards as a terrorist organization...
 [hurriyetdailynews.com]
 13/2/16
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