control of the northern town of offering it s been the target of turkey s two month campaign against the syrian kurdish militia views as terrorists the fall of a friend marks a major victory for turkey which has vowed to expand its offensive to other key towns along its border with syria. it was the moment turkey had been fighting for this town had been controlled by syrian kurds for the past five years now it s the turkish flag that waves over a free in. the turkish backed forces captured the center of the town on sunday these fighters are proud to have ousted the kurdish militia known as the people s protection units or y p g. turkey claims the y.p. g. militia or an offshoot of the kurdish nationalist beefcake a group and as such are terrorists and a threat to its national security. across the border news of our friends capture