SUBSCRIPTION SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2016 JAMADA ALAWWAL 6, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Fishermen’s Egypt doctors Rihanna puts Ronaldo Union working revolt against the sexy into double keeps to resolve high escalating sweats in NY pressure prices problem4 police abuses8 runway39 debut on20 Barca Turkey, Saudis mulling Min 08º Max 24º ground attack in Syria High Tide 03:33 & 15:52 Ankara strikes Syrian Kurds Russia decries ‘new Cold War’ Low Tide • 09:59 & 22:35 40 PAGES NO: 16786 150 FILS BEIRUT/MUNICH: Turkish artillery yesterday shelled areas conspiracy theories of Aleppo province in northern Syria held by Kurdish forces, a monitor said, as Ankara said it could launch a ground assault alongside Saudi troops. The Syrian At least with Observatory for Human Rights said Turkish artillery struck areas of Aleppo, including Minnigh airbase recently taken decency by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia from Islamist rebels. Ankara considers the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its YPG militia to be branches of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has waged a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state. The By Badrya Darwish shelling came shortly after Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Ankara would, if necessary, take military action against the PYD. “We can if necessary take the same measures in Syria as we took in Iraq and Qandil,” he said in a televised speech.
[email protected] The premier was referring to Turkey’s bombing cam- paign last year against PKK targets in their Qandil moun- tain stronghold in northern Iraq. A YPG source told AFP hat’s with the sudden attack on expats in that the Turkish shelling targeted the strategic Minnigh air- Kuwait? I don’t want to beat around the base, which Kurdish forces retook late on Wednesday.