Syria condemns Turkish attack on Kurds
The Syrian government has condemned a Turkish attack on US-backed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.
The Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that the airstrikes the day before violated international law and infringed on Syrian sovereignty. It called on the UN to condemn the attack.
The Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls large swathes of Syria's border with Turkey, says 20 of its fighters were killed in the air raids. No Syrian government forces were targeted in the attack.
The SDF and the Syrian government have largely avoided confrontation over the course of the complex civil war. The SDF is the most effective ground force battling the Islamic State group in Syria.
Turkey says it targeted fighters affiliated with an outlawed Kurdish group waging an insurgency inside Turkey.
