Syria: pro-Turkey rebels prepare to target YPG positions Pro-Ankara Syrian rebel fighters were holding positions Saturday in the Tal Malid area, north of Aleppo, as they prepare to target Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) positions in the area of Afrin. Turkey on Saturday launched a new air and ground operation to oust Kurdish militia from a northern Syrian enclave, defying US warnings that the action risked destabilising the area. IMAGES