3 TURKISH TROOPS KILLED IN SYRIAN AIR STRIKE

Three Turkish soldiers have been killed and 10 others wounded in a Syrian government air strike in the northern part of the country, the Turkish military said.
The attack occurred at about 03:30 (00:30 GMT) on Thursday, during an operation by Turkish-backed Syrian rebels against Islamic State militants, the BBC reports.

It would be the first time Turkish soldiers have been killed by Syrian government forces in the offensive.

There was no immediate comment from the Syrian military.

It has previously denounced Turkey’s support for the rebels with hundreds of troops, warplanes, tanks and artillery as a “flagrant violation of Syrian sovereignty.”

The rebel offensive, dubbed Operation Euphrates Shield, was launched three months ago with the aim of pushing IS militants away from the Turkish border.

The Turkish government also wants to contain United States-backed Syrian Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) militia, which it says is an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey.

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