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According to pro-Kurdish sources, last weekend, Turkish soldiers entered the villages of Siftik Wastani, Siftik Fawqani and Bubana in northern Aleppo but were pushed to retreat after a short confrontation with the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) dominated by Kurdish militias.
If true, Ankara has just been testing the US reaction to possible limited military operations against Kurdish militias in northern Syria.
Krudish sources argue that the Turkish Armed Forces are massing troops and military equipment at the border with Syria for a large-scale invasion. However, this is unlikely while the US has a large number of its troops in the SDF-held area.
