Turkey has not agreed any truce with Kurdish militias in Syria, spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told a news conference. He said President Tayyip Erdogan was concerned by increasing attacks near the Syrian city of Aleppo and was making diplomatic efforts to achieve a ceasefire there.
Turkish soldiers on an armored personnel carrier drive toward Karkamis, on the Turkish-Syrian border, in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, Aug. 27, 2016. REUTERS
Kurdish militia fighters in northern Syria will remain a target for Turkish forces as long as they are positioned west of the Euphrates river, Turkey's presidential spokesman said on Wednesday.
