Syria sent two letters to the council protesting Turkey‘s cross-border shelling and close ally Russia asked for a closed briefing.

Russia‘s deputy UN Ambassador Vladimir Safronkov called on council members with close ties to Turkey to tell Ankara to „stop your inappropriate behavior in Syria.“

The Kurdish militia has been most effective in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria, but Ankara appears increasingly uneasy over the group‘s recent gains in the country‘s north near its border.