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Turkish incursion   Turkeys recent incursion into Syrian territory is likely to further complicate matters i the Arab country even if Ankara has legitimate security concerns about Kurdish militias active across its southern border. Turkey lanced the military offensive on Saturday, targeting the predominantly Kurdish YPG militia present in northern Syria; the incursion has involved air strikes as well as gourd troops. Ankara is wary of armed Kurdish groups gaining ground in regions close to its own Kurdish population, fearing that such groups may lend support to separatist Kurd within Turkey, it has in fact accused the YPG of having links with the PKK, the Kurdish guerrilla group with which the Turkish state has fought a nearly four decade war. The incursion may have been speared by recent comments from "American Officials the US Backs the YPG" of the creation of border security force made up of Syrian Kurdish fighters to keep a check on the militant Islamic State group.