Turkey launched airstrikes and fired artillery at Kurdish fighters in northern Syria on Wednesday. The attacks came just days after American troops withdrew from the area. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the military campaign in a Twitter post. The goal of the offensive, he wrote, is “to prevent the creation of a terror corridor across our southern border, and to bring peace to the area.” Reuters news agency says thousands of people fled the attack in the Syrian town of Ras al Ain and headed toward Hasaka, an area controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The SDF said the airstrikes killed at least two people and wounded two others. A U.S. defense official and a Kurdish official in Syria told the Associated Press that the Turkish offensive has led the SDF to suspend operations against the Islamic State militants. The attack followed a sudden and unexpected decision on Sunday by U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw American troops from northern Syria ahead of the operation.
Title: Turkey Launches Offensive against Kurdish Forces
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/turk.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Turkey Launches Offensive against Kurdish Forces' data-article-id='4199'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8729'>Turkey launched airstrikes and fired artillery at Kurdish fighters in northern Syria on Wednesday.</span> <span data-start-time='8729' data-end-time='15708'>The attacks came just days after American troops withdrew from the area.</span> <span data-start-time='15708' data-end-time='24354'>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the military campaign in a Twitter post.</span> <span data-start-time='24354' data-end-time='37646'>The goal of the offensive, he wrote, is “to prevent the creation of a terror corridor across our southern border, and to bring peace to the area.”</span> <span data-start-time='37646' data-end-time='54500'>Reuters news agency says thousands of people fled the attack in the Syrian town of Ras al Ain and headed toward Hasaka, an area controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).</span> <span data-start-time='54500' data-end-time='63313'>The SDF said the airstrikes killed at least two people and wounded two others.</span> <span data-start-time='63313' data-end-time='82146'>A U.S. defense official and a Kurdish official in Syria told the Associated Press that the Turkish offensive has led the SDF to suspend operations against the Islamic State militants.</span> <span data-start-time='82146' data-end-time='97229'>The attack followed a sudden and unexpected decision on Sunday by U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw American troops from northern Syria ahead of the operation.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/turk.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=13806 data-hint-location='63313' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/what_does_offensive_mean.wav'>What does offensive mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='military attack'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/withdraw_troops.wav'><span>withdraw troops</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/military_attack.wav'><span>military attack</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/suspend_operations.wav'><span>suspend operations</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/sudden_decision.wav'><span>sudden decision</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=13807 data-hint-location='24354' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/what_is_the_stated_goal.wav'>What is the stated goal?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='to bring peace'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/to_cause_chaos.wav'><span>to cause chaos</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/control_democratic_forces.wav'><span>control democratic forces</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/troop_withdrawal.wav'><span>troop withdrawal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/to_bring_peace.wav'><span>to bring peace</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=13808 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/turkey_launched_airstrikes_and__blank_.wav'>Turkey launched airstrikes and <span class='blank'>fired artillery</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='fired artillery'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/withdrew_troops.wav'><span>withdrew troops</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/suspended_operations.wav'><span>suspended operations</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/fled_the_attack.wav'><span>fled the attack</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3718/fired_artillery.wav'><span>fired artillery</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button 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