Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refuses to abandon a military campaign in the Kurdish-run province of Afrin, rejecting calls by Western allies that a United Nations Security Council resolution for a cease-fire across Syria applies to the Turkish incursion.
The Security Council voted unanimously on Feb. 24 for a 30-day cease-fire across Syria to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid amid Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s weeklong assault on the rebel enclave of Ghouta that has killed almost 600 people, a quarter of them children. UN officials say Assad has so far failed to honor the truce.
