Turkey has launched a cross-border operation in Syria against the Daesh terrorist organization.
The operation comes in response to terrorist attacks on Turkish soil and artillery fire by Daesh militants in Syria on targets inside Turkey.
Turkish Armed Forces is responding to artillery fire and carrying out airstrikes against Daesh elements in Jarablus in a retaliatory strike, Anadolu Agency reports.
Wednesday’s operation is aimed at clearing the Turkish borders of terrorist groups, helping to enhance border security and supporting the territorial integrity of Syria, officials said.
The humanitarian situation in Aleppo has deteriorated to alarming new lows since then, prompting renewed zeal for international action by the UN amid a dysfunctional aid delivery mechanism clogged by a failure of diplomacy.
