US-BACKED guerillas called yesterday for the enforcement of a no-fly zone over northern Syria in response to Tuesday’s air raids by Turkey.

The political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) — dominated by the Kurdish YPG militia — issued the appeal the day after Turkish jets blitzed the Karachok area of north-eastern Syria and Sinjar in neighbouring Iraq.

Syrian Democratic Council co-president Ilham Ahmad said local SDF commanders had asked the US to prevent Turkish and Syrian jets flying over Rojava, the Kurdish-controlled zone of northern Syria.