Shelling by Syrian government forces has killed one Turkish soldier and injured two more in Syria’s Idlib province, the Defense Ministry in Ankara said. Turkey is retaliating, as two countries remain on the brink of open war.
The newest casualties come less than a day after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in what has been reported as either an air strike or an artillery bombardment, also in Idlib. Turkey has sent thousands of troops and armor into the province, which is the last remaining stronghold of militants – some of them affiliated with Al-Qaeda – that once sought to overthrow the government in Damascus.
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