Turkish strikes on YPG Kurds complicate Syrian chaos

People wave flags with the portrait of the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan during a demonstration in Bordeaux on January 23, 2016 called by associations for the defence of the Kurdish people and the 'Mouvement de la Paix' to denounce Turkish operations in southeast Turkey. / AFP / GEORGES GOBETGEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images

Turkish strikes on YPG Kurds complicate Syrian chaos

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CNN's Arwa Damon explains why Turkey's shelling of Kurdish forces has complicated a very messy battle in Syria.

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People wave flags with the portrait of the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan during a demonstration in Bordeaux on January 23, 2016 called by associations for the defence of the Kurdish people and the 'Mouvement de la Paix' to denounce Turkish operations in southeast Turkey. / AFP / GEORGES GOBETGEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images

Turkish strikes on YPG Kurds complicate Syrian chaos

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