Turkey strikes in Syria: there are dead
On August 17, Turkey announced the start of a "military operation" against Kurdish paramilitaries in Syria. The Turkish military entered the Syrian Afrin.
The New Arab writes about it.
According to the Syrian Democratic Forces, Turkish warplanes launched 12 airstrikes on the positions of the Syrian army. This happened on the border strip west of Kobane (a city controlled by the Kurds).
The report said that eleven fighters were killed in a Turkish air strike that hit a Syrian regime outpost near the border with Turkey.
In social networks, they write that the Turkish column of military equipment entered the Syrian city of Afrin. Eyewitnesses also report that explosions are heard in Kobani, Afrin, Tell Rifaat, and Aleppo. People are advised to sit in shelters.