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.
"The Turkish Armed Forces fired shells at PYD positions in the Azaz area," the source said, referring to the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), which Ankara regards as a terrorist organization.
YPG is the armed wing of PYD and is also considered a terror group by Turkey, which says both are extensions of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
A YPG source told AFP that the Turkish shelling targeted the strategic Minnigh military airport.
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