Turkey's Erdogan says hopes Syria's Afrin town to be captured by Wednesday evening

01:49, March 15, 2018

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  Turkey, allies say siege of Syria’s Afrin underway

  Turkish troops and allied Syrian opposition fighters have begun a siege of the Syrian Kurdish-held town of Afrin, the Turkish military said Tuesday, marking a significant advance in Ankara’s seven-week operation that also almost fully encircles hundreds of thousands of civilians.The military said in a brief statement that the siege of Afrin, the main town in the enclave of the

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  Erdogan says Turkey may extend Afrin campaign along whole Syrian border

  A Kurdish family walks with their belongings in Afrin, Syria March 19, 2018. (Photo: Reuters)Turkish forces will press their offensive against Kurdish YPG fighters along the length of Turkey’s border with Syria and if necessary into northern Iraq, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, threatening wider conflict in Syria’s civil war.A day after Turkish troops swept into Afrin, the main

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  Turkish forces 'surround' Syrian Kurdish city

  Syrian civilians ride their cars through Ain Dara in Syria's northern Afrin region as they flee Afrin city on March 12, 2018 amid battles between Turkish-backed forces and Kurdish fighters (Photo: AFP)Turkey said Tuesday its army and allied rebels had surrounded the Kurdish city of Afrin in northern Syria, raising the prospect of another devastating siege in the country's long