Turkish soldiers killed in Syria bomb attack - GulfToday

Turkish soldiers killed in Syria bomb attack

  • 09 Jan 2020
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People gather at the site of a car bomb explosion in front the offices of a Turkey-backed group in Syria. File photo/AFP

Four Turkish soldiers were killed in a car bomb attack in northeast Syria on Wednesday, the Turkish Defence Ministry said in a statement overnight.

It said the attack occurred during a roadside security check in the region east of the Euphrates river in Syria, where Turkey carried out a military operation with allied Syrian rebels in October.

The Turkish incursion targeted the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which spearheaded the US-led war against Islamic State and which Ankara regards as a terrorist group tied to militants fighting an insurgency in southeast Turkey.

No further details on the attack were immediately available.

Reuters

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