Turkey vows ”harsh reaction” if Kurds try to take Syrian town

Turkey has promised the “harshest reaction” if Kurdish forces try to take the key town of Azaz in northern Syria. Over the weekend Turkey shelled the Kurdish YPG militia as it made advances in the area. Syria said the Turkish shelling was a violation of its sovereignty and called on the UN to act. Turkish […]

Turkey has promised the “harshest reaction” if Kurdish forces try to take the key town of Azaz in northern Syria.
Over the weekend Turkey shelled the Kurdish YPG militia as it made advances in the area. Syria said the Turkish shelling was a violation of its sovereignty and called on the UN to act.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters on his plane as he headed to Ukraine that the weekend shelling had managed to force the YPG from Azaz.
“If they approach again, they will see the harshest reaction. We will not allow Azaz to fall,” he said.
Mr Davutoglu also pledged to make the Syrian Menagh air base “unusable” if the militia did not withdraw from the area, and that the YPG would not be allowed to move east of its Afrin region or west of the Euphrates.