Turkish-backed rebels advance on Kurdish-held Syrian town

Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels battling Kurdish militia in northern Syria advanced on Saturday to less than two kilometres from the flashpoint town of Afrin, a war monitor said. The move came as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened again to "purge" Kurdish militia from the town. Turkey launched operation "Olive Branch" on January 20 against the powerful Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which controls the Afrin region in northwest Syria and which Ankara regards as a "terror group".

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