Turkey shells Kurdish-held airbase in Syria's Aleppo

Bombardment comes after Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu says Ankara may take military action against Syrian Kurdish fighters.

Davutoglu said that Ankara would, if necessary, take military action against Syrian Kurdish fighters

Turkish forces have shelled Kurdish-held areas, including an airbase, in Syria's northern province of Aleppo, sources have told Al Jazeera. Syrian Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) reported on Saturday that Turkish artillery targeted their positions in Menagh airport and a village near Azaz, which were recently captured from the Syrian opposition.


Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu confirmed on Saturday that Turkish forces had struck Kurdish YPG targets in northern Syria and demanded that the group withdraw from the area it recently captured.

"We will retaliate against every step (by the YPG)," he told reporters in comments shown live by state broadcaster TRT Haber. "The YPG will immediately withdraw from Azaz and the surrounding area and will not go close to it again."