Two Turkish soldiers killed, two wounded in northern Syria

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two were wounded in an attack on their armored vehicle in northern Syria, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on July 24.

Sunday July 25 2021 10:58 am

Reuters

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two were wounded in an attack on their armored vehicle in northern Syria, and Turkish forces immediately launched retaliatory fire, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on July 24.

"Our punitive fire against terrorist positions is continuing," the statement on Twitter said.

It said the attack was in the region where Turkey launched the cross-border "Euphrates Shield" operation in 2016 to drive away ISIS and the Syrian Kurdish YPG.

Media reports said the attack was in the al-Bab area.

Turkey continues to hold sway in northwest Syria and has a significant military presence there.

Turkey regards the YPG as a terrorist group linked to Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). It has staged several incursions into Syria in support of Syrian rebels to push the YPG from the Turkish frontier.