16 Syrian troops, militiamen killed in Turkish retaliation: Monitor

Dark Mode

Friday, 27 December 2024

16 Syrian troops, militiamen killed in Turkish retaliation: Monitor
February 28, 2020, 10:55 am

16 Syrian troops, militiamen killed in Turkish retaliation: Monitor

Syrian army soldiers advance in Tall Touqan village, in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, about 45 kilometres southwest of Aleppo, on February 5, 2020. (File photo AFP)

The retaliatory drone and artillery strikes hit Syria's army positions in southern and eastern parts of the province which were recaptured by the government in a nearly three-month-old offensive against the rebel enclave, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

There was no immediate confirmation from Damascus of the reported deaths or any comment on the flare-up with Ankara that prompted NATO to call an urgent meeting of its ruling council for later Friday.

source: AFP

Two new cases of coronavirus reported in Kuwait: Ministry of Health NATO will hold urgent talks on Syria crisis after Turkish troops killed