(Reuters) - Turkey's armed forces have conducted several large-scale military operations over the decades in northern Iraq and northern Syria against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and Islamic State.
The latest military offensive in northeast Syria could reshape the map of the Syrian conflict, dealing a blow to Kurdish-led forces that have battled Islamic State while widening Turkey's territorial control at the border.
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