The Turkish army was on Tuesday engaged in intense clashes with Kurdish militia inside Syria as the US voiced alarm Ankara's operation could endanger attempts to bring peace to the conflict-torn country.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed at the funeral of the first Turkish soldier to be killed in the cross-border campaign that Ankara would emerge victorious from the campaign.
Turkey on Saturday launched operation "Olive Branch" aimed at rooting out the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia mens jordan 6 unc for sale , which Ankara sees as a terror group, from its Afrin enclave in northern Syria.
The campaign has caused ripples of concern among Turkey's NATO allies, especially the US which is still working closely with the YPG to defeat Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria and fears the offensive will be a distraction.
In his strongest comments yet on the offensive womens jordan 6 retro unc , US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis called for Turkey to show "restraint."
He warned the offensive "disrupts what was a relatively stable area in Syria and distracts from the international effort to defeat" IS, on a visit to Indonesia.
Turkish artillery on Tuesday pounded targets of the YPG inside Syria, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. Meanwhile mens jordan 6 retro unc , Turkish drones were also carrying out attacks, state television said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said "fierce clashes" were continuing especially north and southwest of Afrin.
As well as the artillery and air strikes, Turkish ground troops and Ankara-backed Syrian rebels have punched over the border several kilometers into Syrian territory womens jordan 6 unc 2017 , taking several villages, according to state media.
After intense exchanges, Turkey's forces took control of the hill of Barsaya mens jordan 6 unc 2017 , a key strategic point in the Afrin region.
The Observatory said 25 Ankara-backed rebels and 26 Kurdish fighters had been killed in the fighting so far. It has also said 24 civilians have been killed on the Syrian side but this is vehemently rejected by Turkey which says it is only targeting militants.
(Agencies)
LONDON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Mayor Sadiq Khan has called on four of the big-name football clubs in the British capital to pay their staff the London Living Wage.
While Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur West Ham and Crystal Palace pay their top players tens of thousands of dollars a week, the clubs have yet to sign up to a voluntary deal to guarantee a pay rate of 9.75 pounds (12 U.S.dollars) an hour to their lowest paid workers. It would give workers just 390 pounds (481 dollars) for an average 40-hour week.
The Daily Mail newspaper lists Arsenal's Mesut Ozil as the top paid player in London, earning a weekly salary of 190,000 pounds (234,000 dollars).
It would take somebody on the London Living Wage 11 years to earn what Ozil picks up in one week.
Only Premier league leaders Chelsea have signed up to the London Living Wage, said Khan.
He has written to the owners of the four clubs urging them to help make London a living wage city.
The number of businesses in London who now pay the higher rate as a minimum salary has increase in the past year by 25 percent to more than 1,000.
"My vision is to make London a Living Wage City and that is why I am calling on our great city's Premier League clubs to join me in making that a reality. The likes of Arsenal, Spurs, West Ham and Crystal Palace are not only top football clubs, but leading employers in London. I'm calling on them to sign up and pay their staff the increased rate. It's a 'win-win' situation: they can improve staff recruitment, retention and productivity, while helping me promote the London Living Wage across the city."
The national government's compulsory national living wage, lower than the London Living Wage, will be set at 7.50 an hour (9.25 dollars) from this coming April, with a target to set it at 9 pounds an hour (11 dollars) by 2020.
FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010, file photo womens jordan 6 unc , Los Angeles Lakers executive vice president Jeanie Buss reacts to the crowd during the Lakers\' NBA championship ring ceremony, before the team\'s basketball game against the Houston Rockets in Los Angeles. Buss went to court to stop what her attorneys call an attempt by her brothers Jim and Johnny Buss to oust her as controlling owner and president of the Los Angeles Lakers. The matter was dropped Friday, March 3 mens jordan 6 unc , 2017, when Buss withdrew her request for a temporary restraining order to stop the brothers from moves against her, but it may just be the opening skirmish in a bigger family fight over one of the most storied franchises in sports. (AP PhotoChris Carlson www.airjordan6unc.com , File)
LOS ANGELES — Jeanie Buss went to court Friday to stop what her attorneys call an attempt by brothers Jim and Johnny Buss to oust her as controlling owner and president of the Los Angeles Lakers, an allegation the brothers' attorneys say has no basis in reality.
The matter came to a quick end when Jeanie Buss withdrew her request for a temporary restraining in Los Angeles County Superior Court after the brothers dropped their request for a board meeting she felt was a move against her, but it may just be the opening skirmish in a bigger family fight over one of the most-storied franchises in sports. A larger lawsuit in probate court is pending.
"It is good news for fans that Jim and Johnny backed down in court today air jordan 6s unc , but I'm afraid it's just the beginning," Adam Streisand, attorney for Jeanie Buss air jordan 6 retro unc , said in an email to The Associated Press.
The public spat comes just over a week after Jeanie Buss ousted Jim Buss as the Lakers' executive vice president of basketball operations and replaced him with Magic Johnson. She also fired longtime general manager Mitch Kupchak, who Johnson replaced with player agent Rob Pelinka.