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Turkey 'has no plans for ground troops' in Syria

There are no plans to send ground troops into Syria, the Turkish Prime Minister has said.

The statement follows last week's suicide bombing in the Turkish town of Suruc, to which the country responded with operations against Islamic State and PKK Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria.

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YPG fighters accuse Turkey of targeting them instead of IS

Kurdish fighters have accused Turkey of deliberately targeting them instead of focusing on the "terrorists" of the so-called Islamic State.

The Kurdish People's Protection Unit (YPG) militia claimed the Turkish army had shelled its positions in a village on the outskirts of the IS-held town of Jarablus, in north-western Syria.

In a statement, the fighters urged Ankara to halt its "aggression" against their group.

It comes after Turkish F-16 fighter jets reportedly hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq yesterday, as part of an ongoing operation against both Kurdish militants and Islamic State.

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