One Turkish soldier was killed during clashes with Takfiri militants in Syria as Ankara’s offensive in the country’s north approaches its second month, state media reported on Wednesday.
Three other soldiers were slightly injured in the confrontation with ISIL group militants in Ziyara, east of Al-Rai town, the official Anadolu news agency said, quoting the Turkish armed forces.
Some 18 ISIL “terrorists were neutralized”, Anadolu said.
The latest death rises to 11 the number of soldiers killed since Turkey began its operation on August 24.
Most were killed by ISIL but one soldier was killed in an attack blamed on the Kurdish People’s Protection Militia (YPG).
Ankara has sent dozens of tanks, artillery and hundreds of troops into northern Syria to help Anakra-backed militants recapture territory lost to ISIL and halt the westward advance of the YPG.
Turkey sees the YPG as a “terrorist” group linked to Kurdish separatists waging a 30-year insurgency in its restive south-east.
Source: AFP
