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ANKARA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Turkish warplanes, artillery hit Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) targets in northern Syria on Sunday morning, Turkish media reported.
Turkish warplanes hit and destroyed a YPG ammunition depot in Jarablus of northern Syria, military sources told local media.
Turkish warplanes had struck the YPG fighters near the Syrian town of Jarablus on Saturday.
The Turkish military, which has entered Jarablus as part of the Euphrates Shield operation to back Syrian rebels to sweep Islamic State (IS) militants off the border, hit the Syrian Kurdish militants by artillery fires on late Aug. 25.
The YPG, a part of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance, has been a partner in the U.S.-led campaign against the IS in Syria.
Ankara has frequently voiced its concern over the YPG's activity along the Turkish border and has been rigid in its stance in not allowing the Democratic Union Party (PYD) militant group to found any kind of de facto Kurdish state in northern Syria.
Turkish government claims the PYD and its military wing YPG enjoy close connections with the PKK, including militant and ammunition support through underground tunnels.
