Turkish army launches push into Syria, air strikes hit border town

Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria on Wednesday, with airstrikes hitting the border town of Ras al-Ain.
President Tayyip Erdogan, announcing the start of the action, said the aim was to eliminate what he called a “terror corridor” on Turkey’s southern border.
Turkey had been poised to advance into northeast Syria since US troops began vacating the area in an abrupt policy shift by US President Donald Trump, widely criticized in Washington as a betrayal of America’s Kurdish militia allies.
A Turkish security source told Reuters the military operation into Syria has been launched with airstrikes and will be supported by artillery and howitzer fire.
Source: dawn.com