Turkey has bombarded ISIL and Kurdish militia positions in northern Syria, following a wedding suicide bombing which killed more than 50 people.<br /><br /> Although it is still not clear who was responsible for the massacre Ankara has vowed to cleanse ISIL from its border region. <br /><br /> Syrian Kurdish YPG forces are being targeted as Turkey views the YPG as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a Turkish-Kurdish rebel group fighting for autonomy within Turkey since the 1980s.<br /><br /> The shelling is being directed at ISIL-held Jarablus and Manbij which was recently liberated from militant Islamist control by Syrian Kurdish forces.<br /><br /> Amateur video has been published on social media purporting to show around 1500 Turkish-backed Syrian rebels massing in the Turkish border town of Gaziantep, scene of Saturdays deadly wedding attack.<br /><br /> Syrian rebels in Turkey prepare to attack Islamic State border town https://t.co/sPKc8oHAAs pic.twitter.com/lBPwlXjY3I— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) August 23, 2016<br /><br /> The rebels are thought to have been preparing for some time for a ground offensive against Jarablus – which some analysts say may have triggered the wedding bombing.<br />
