Turkish forces push massing Syrians from border: AFP Turkish forces sought to prevent thousands fleeing the fighting from crossing the frontier as Kurdish fighters pressed an offensive Saturday to capture a key Syrian border town from the Islamic State group. The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) edged closer on Saturday to Tal Abyad, a border town used by jihadists as a gateway from Turkey into IS's bastion province of Raqa. IMAGES*REFILING TO CORRECT DATELINE*