Turmoil Spreads in Kurdish-Held Syria as Turkish Invasion Enters 3rd Day – The New York Times

“The operation is against a terror group,” Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey’s foreign minister, said at a news conference on Friday. “You may have an engagement with them in the field — this is not my problem. You give them weapons, you trained them. This is not my problem either.”

Since fighting began on Wednesday, Kurdish fighters have returned fire, lobbing mortars at targets just over the Turkish-Syrian border, violence that has killed at least seven civilians, including four children, in Turkish border towns.

At least one Turkish soldier has died in the fighting, according to Turkish officials.

Twenty-three Kurdish fighters have died, according to the Syrian Democratic Forces, the main Kurdish militia, though Turkey’s Defense Ministry said its troops had killed as many as 342.