Picture of the week: A brutal fight to the death on the Syrian border
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters were fighting in the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain along the Turkish border last week
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters were fighting in the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain along the Turkish border last week. Turkey invaded north-eastern Syria and attacked Kurdish fighters following the US’s decision to pull troops out of the country earlier this month.
After a domestic outcry over the military action against Kurdish fighters who had been allied to the US, president Donald Trump imposed sanctions that included a tariff of 50 per cent on Turkish ...