(23 Jan 2018) Turkish soldiers were on Tuesday preparing to enter combat and join a military offensive on a Kurdish-held enclave in northern Syria.
Turkey says it aims to create a 30-kilometre (20-mile) deep "secure zone" in Afrin.
The country's "Operation Olive Branch" against the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, in north Syria is straining relations with its NATO allies.
The Turkish ground and air offensive on Afrin began on Saturday and is raising tensions in the already-complicated Syrian conflict and threatening to further strain ties between Turkey and the US, both NATO allies.
The Kurdish force said it considers Turkey's offensive a "flagrant hostility" to all Syrians that would distract from the fight against the extremists and help them flourish.
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