218 killed in Syria in fighting between pro-Turk and Kurdish forces: war monitor

This Jan. 28, 2018 file photo, Turkish troops and pro-Turkey Syrian fighters try to take control of Bursayah hill, which separates the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin from the Turkey-controlled town of Azaz, Syria. (AP)

• Turkish forces and their Syrian rebel allies control territory in two strips along the border between Afrin and Ras al-Ain

BEIRUT, Lebanon: Fighting between Turkish-backed and Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria has left 218 people dead in just three days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor reported on Tuesday.
The British-based monitor said that at least “218 members of pro-Kurdish forces and pro-Ankara factions were killed during three days of fighting in and around Manbij” where Turkish-backed factions launched an offensive.