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Turkey Says It's Advancing in Syria; Trump Says He's an 'Island of One'

Associated Press

   Turkey's official news agency says allied Syrian forces have captured
   the town of Suluk in the fifth day of the Turkish offensive in
   northeast Syria.

   Anadolu news agency said Sunday the town's center, located at a
   strategic crossroads about 10 km south of the border, was cleared of
   Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG.

   Turkey considers the group a threat for links to a decades-long Kurdish
   insurgency at home.

   A Kurdish official on condition of anonymity said the clashes in Suluk
   were ongoing.

   Turkey's Defense Ministry tweeted 480 YPG fighters were "neutralized"
   since Wednesday. The number couldn't be independently verified.

   Several shells fired from Syria hit the Turkish border towns Akcakale
   and Suruc in Sanliurfa province. Anadolu news agency said one person
   was wounded Sunday in Suruc.

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