23.01.2018 - 15:58 [ Independent ]

Kurdish forces in Syria launch powerful counterattack to set up extended battle against Turkey

(22.Januar) Turkey needs a swift success in Afrin because it is diplomatically isolated and there is growing international pressure to end the fighting. France has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the fighting in Afrin and other parts of Syria. Britain said it would look for ways to prevent escalation.