as they carry out rival bombing campaigns and small numbers of U.S. forces operate on the ground . Western officials suggested that the proposal , which the Pentagon said had not been formally presented to the U.S. Defense Department , was an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to raise Russia 's profile on the international stage . "There is no agreement to conduct joint air strikes with the Russians in Syria , " said U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby .
Syria condemns the attack , urges UN to step in Turkey views the Kurdish YPG as an extension of the PKK , Washington does not Pro - Kurdish protests in Istanbul turn violent as demonstrators clashconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattlewith police On Saturday , Turkey demanded the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia withdraw from areas that it had captured in northern Aleppo in recent days from insurgents in Syria , including the Menagh air base . The shelling has targeted those areas .