Turkey scrambles jets after intensified clashes near Syria border

 Turkey has scrambled three fighter jets following clashes between Kurdish militants linked to the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and al-Qaeda affiliate radical groups near the Turkish-Syrian border, Turkish Today's Zaman reported.

The private İhlas news agency reported that three F-16 jets, fully armed and loaded with ammunition, took off from the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır on Monday to conduct reconnaissance flights over the Turkish-Syrian border after clashes between PYD militants and al-Nusra Front fighters intensified. The clashes resumed in the town of Ras al-Ain on the Syrian border, just across from Turkey's Ceylanpınar district in Şanlıurfa. Kurdish militants took control of the town following heavy clashes this summer.