(VOVworld) – Turkey will continue to strike back at Kurdish fighters of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria.

Turkish tanks near the border area with Syria (Photo: Getty Images)

During telephone talks with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey will prevent the PYD from carrying out aggressive acts. Meanwhile, the Syrian government said around 100 Turkish militants with armored vehicles had entered Syria on Sunday.