Intense battles continue in Syria's Afrin

Turkey kills at least 260 Kurdish and IS fighters in military offensive

ANKARA/BEIRUT - Turkey has killed at least 260 Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State extremists in its four-day-old offensive into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region of northwest Syria, the Turkish military has said.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Ankara will "thwart games" along its border, starting with Syria's Manbij region.