Against australia. Good evening. Turkey is being urged to show restraint tonight, as it continues an offensive into Northern Syria that its feared will further destabilise a war torn region. Turkish troops crossed the border with syria as part of a military effort to target a Kurdish Militia in the province of afrin. The Kurdish Group has been backed by the United States in the fight against so called Islamic State. But turkey regards it as a terrorist organisation. From the border, mark lowen reports on a potential new front in the syrian war. As if syria needed more of this. Artillery fire from turkey, launching a new ground and air offensive. Its called operation olive branch, though its anything but a gesture of peace. From the air, turkish f 16s struck yesterday. Their target the syrian Kurdish Militia, or ypg. Turkey sees them as terrorists, linked to the outlawed pkk, who have long fought an insurgency in turkey on behalf of the kurdish minority. And it wants them pushed back fr
The economics editor at the independent and ruth lea, whos an economics adviser for the Arbuthnot Banking group. Thats the papers at 11 30. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Turkey is being urged to show restraint as it continues an offensive into Northern Syria that its feared will further de stabilise a war torn region. Turkish troops crossed the border with syria, as part of a military effort to target a Kurdish Militia in the province of afrin. The Kurdish Group has been backed by the United States in the fight against so called Islamic State. But turkey regards it as a terrorist organisation. From the border, mark lowen reports on a potential new front in the syrian war. As if syria needed more of this. Artillery fire from turkey, launching a new ground and air offensive. Its called operation olive branch, though its anything but a gesture of peace. From the air, turkish f 16s struck yesterday. Their target the syrian Kurdish Militia, or ypg. Turkey sees them as terrorists, li