Turkey troops, Syria jihadists clash ahead of expected incursion

Turkish troops on Sunday exchanged fire with Syria-based jihadists as Ankara massed military vehicles on the frontier ahead of an expected incursion to oust Al-Qaeda's former Syrian affiliate from Idlib province.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the operation by pro-Ankara Syrian rebel forces backed by the Turkish army, whose launch he announced the day before, was "having no problem" and continuing "in a calm way".Most of the northwestern region is controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a