Widespread Demonstrations Held in N. Syria to Protest Turkish Shelling
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- By Nawroz Rasho
Thousands of residents in northern Syria's Afrin district took to the streets July 5, 2017, to protest Turkish artillery shelling from across the border. Turkey said its military targeted Syrian Democratic Forces, whom Ankara accuses of having ties to the outlawed Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. VOA's Nawroz Rasho reports.