Rockets from Syria hit Turkish border town

Four rockets fired from Syria hit the Turkish southern border town of Kilis early on Sunday damaging houses, state-run Anadolu Agency said.

Three of the rockets damaged two houses, while the fourth rocket hit empty land in the city center, Anadolu said, adding there were no casualties.

Turkish security forces retaliated in kind, it said. Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on Saturday, conducting airstrikes against PKK, Kurdish militia and Daesh in Afrin province.

The Free Syrian Army has also started to support the Turkish military in Afrin, the official said.

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said earlier on Saturday that a military operation in the Afrin region had begun after cross-border shelling by the Turkish army.

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces accused Turkey on Saturday of using cross-border shelling as a false pretext to launch an offensive in Syria.

The SDF, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias fighting Daesh, said it would have no choice but to defend itself if attacked. The Kurdish-led SDF controls swathes of north and east Syria.

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