Turkey's Defence Minister says its armed forces are hoping to push the Syrian Kurdish PYD fighters further east in Jarablus within a week.
Fikri Isik's statement came a day after the Free Syrian Army, backed by Ankara and with US-led air support, reportedly took the Syrian border town of Jarablus from ISIL.
Both Turkish forces and the PYD's military branch, the YPG, are fighting ISIL. However Ankara is also aiming to drive back the PYD, which it considers a terrorist organisation. Considered …
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