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Turkish forces have launched artillery strikes on Kurdish fighters, making advances in northern Syria, while the United States urges both sides to suspend violence.
CIA director John Brennan said Islamic State group (IS) militants have used chemical weapons and can make small quantities of chlorine and mustard gas, an American news network reported Thursday.
Turkey announced an end to its military operation against Kurdish rebels in the southeastern town of Cizre on Thursday, however its round-the-clock curfew remains in place.
Turkey's president has ratcheted up his criticism of the United States for not recognising Syrian Kurdish forces as 'terrorists,' saying Washington's lack of knowledge has led to bloodshed.
Turkey summoned the US ambassador on Tuesday after the US State Department spokesman said Washington does not consider Syrian Kurdish forces to be terrorists unlike Ankara.
Turkey's president has given the US an ultimatum about whether it will back Turkish and Kurdish forces as Kurdish fighters in northern Syria eat into opposition territories.
Miray, three-months-old, was shot during a battle between Turkish and Kurdish fighters in southeast Turkey, while Ramazan Ince was also killed trying to bring his granddaughter to an ambulance.
An envoy for the anti-IS US coalition is visiting Kurdish fighters in Syria in what may be an attempt to compensate for not including them in the Geneva talks.
The YPG reportedly plans to eliminate Islamic State group militants from areas on the Syrian-Turkish border, in a move that may massively escalate tensions with the Turkish government.
The US-led international alliance has killed Islamic State leaders during airstrikes in the northern Ninevah province, according to military sources.