Ua hoʻokuʻu aku ka pūʻali koa Turkish i nā kūlana i mālama ʻia e nā militia kākoʻo Kurdish ma ke kūkulu ʻākau o Suria no ka lua o ka lā. Ua pepehi ʻia ʻelua mau mea hakakā, ua ʻōlelo ka Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Ma ka Pōʻaono, ua koi aku ʻo Turkey i ka pūʻali koa Suria Kurdish YPG e haʻalele mai nā wahi i hopu ʻia e ia ma ka ʻĀpana ʻĀkau ʻo Aleppo mai nā poʻe kipi ma Suria. ʻO ka YPG ka mana kokoke i nā palena ʻākau o Suria me Turkey, a he hoa pili loa ia no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ke kaua kūʻē i ka Islamic State ma Suria.
Manaʻo ʻo Ankara i ka hui ma ke ʻano he hoʻonui ʻia o ka Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), ka mea i hoʻokō i kahi kipi he ʻekolu mau makahiki no ke kūʻokoʻa ma ka hikina hikina o Turkey.
