Turkey's forces seek new front in battle for Kurd territory
Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent
Fierce resistance from the Kurdish militia has confined Turkish-backed forces to four small border footholdsOzan Kose/AFP/Getty Images
Turkish-backed Arab forces fighting a Kurdish militia in northern Syria are preparing a new front after admitting that initial attacks across the border have become bogged down.
Turkish tanks and forces ostensibly from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) began an assault on Afrin on Sunday. More tanks and special forces have been thrown forward but have faced fierce resistance by the YPG. The Kurdish militia is battle-hardened after a long fight against Islamic State, while in the form the organisation takes across the border in Turkey, the PKK, it has had years of experience in insurgency.
A leader of the FSA fighters said that his men were planning an advance from inside Syria. That would target villages around Tal Rifaat, a majority Arab town once…