Turkish operation in Syria's Afrin has started 'de facto', minister says

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's operation in Syria's Kurdish-controlled Afrin region has started "de facto" with cross-border shelling, but no troops have gone into Afrin, Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Friday.

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