''Syrian pro-government forces have
entered the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, provoking an immediate response
from Turkish forces besieging the area.
The government was asked
for military help by a Kurdish militia that has been trying to repel an
offensive by Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels.
Fighters were seen passing through a checkpoint in armoured vehicles.
Turkish troops then shelled the area and Turkey said it had forced the pro-government fighters to retreat.
Turkey
had threatened to confront government forces if they intervened,
raising the prospect of direct conflict between two of the main players
in Syria's civil war.
The development comes as:..''
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