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Turkey: PM admits attack on Syrian Kurd fighters
Turkish troops carried out cross-border assault on YPG
PRIME Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has confirmed that Turkish forces attacked Kurdish militia in northern Syria on Sunday.
The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) said on Monday that its forces in the border town of Tal Abyad had come under machine-gun fire from across the frontier in Akcakale.
In an interview with ATV television late on Monday, Mr Davutoglu confirmed the attack — a clear act of war against Syria.
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