Turkey confirms shelling Kurds in Syria


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BEIRUT (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says his country's military fired at Kurdish fighters in northern Syria in response to a provocation along the border.

Davutoglu said late Saturday that Turkish forces retaliated against a Kurdish faction "that presented a threat in Azaz and its environs" in line with the country's rules of engagement.

He accuses the Kurdish People's Protections Units, or YPG, of carrying out "harassing actions" along the border.

The state-run Anadolu Agency quotes Davutoglu as demanding that YPG fighters leave the Syrian town of Azaz and withdraw from the Mannag air base which was captured earlier this week.

Turkey says the YPG is affiliated with the Kurdish PKK movement, which has waged a long and bloody insurgency in southeast Turkey.

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