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Syria: YPG accuse Turks of cross-border fire

KURDISH self-defence forces in the town of Tal Abyad, Syria, said yesterday that Turkish troops had fired at them across the border.

The People’s Protection Units (YPG) are allied to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is banned in Turkey.

They said that they came under machine-gun fire from the Turkish side of the border on Sunday.

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