Kurdish officials say they have spotted increasing numbers of Turkish troops and military equipment gathering on the border after Turkey's president threatened to send his forces into northern Syria to pursue groups that Turkey sees as supporters of Kurdish militants.
The threat of an incursion comes two months after the Turkish military bombed Kurdish targets inside northern Syria before U.S. troops began patrolling along the border in defense of Syrian Kurdish forces known as the YPG and to prevent direct confrontations between the two sides.
Turkey's military said Wednesday it destroyed YPG targets in the Afrin district in retaliation for Kurdish artillery fire against Turkish-[held]led forces in northern Syria.
Venezuelan President Nicholás Maduro said a stolen police helicopter fired on the country's Interior Ministry and Supreme Court on Tuesday in what he called a "terrorist attack" by those seeking to oust him from office.