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Syrian Kurdish YPG Says Turkey Shells Villages in Northwest

 Syrian Kurdish YPG Says Turkey Shells Villages in Northwest

Turkish army tanks take up position on the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 6, 2014. Outgunned Kurdish fighters vowed on Monday not to abandon their increasingly desperate efforts to defend the Syrian border town of Kobani from Islamic State militants pressing in from three sides and pounding them with heavy artillery. Despite the heavy fighting, which has seen mortars rain down on residential areas in Kobani and stray fire hit Turkish territory, a Reuters reporter saw around 30 people cross over from Turkey, apparently to help with defence of the town. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Syrian Kurdish YPG Says Turkey Shells Villages in Northwest
Turkish army tanks (Reuters)

(Reuters) Turkish shelling of Syrian villages in the predominantly Kurdish region of Afrin near the border wounded 10 civilians on Wednesday, the Kurdish YPG militia said.

“This morning from 8 a.m. (0600 GMT) the Turkish artillery began shelling the border villages in the Afrin area,” YPG spokesman Redur Xelil told Reuters.

“The Turkish army shelling is continuing,” he said. “Any response by our forces in this region comes as self defense,” he added in a written message.

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