ANKARA, Turkey — Atleast 33 Turkish Military soldiers martyred in one ofthe worst ever airstrike from Syrian government.
The death toll from a Syrian government airstrike on its forces innorthwestern Syria the previous night to 33 Turkish troops, the highestnumber of Turkish soldiers killed in a single day since Ankara firstintervened in the Syrian conflict in 2016.
The deaths, which came in an attack late Thursday, were a seriousescalation in the direct conflict between Turkish and Russia-backed Syrianforces that has been waged since early February.
The earlier reported death toll was 29 troops.
Rhami Dogan, the governor of Turkey’s Hatay province bordering Syria’sIdlib region, said 32 wounded troops were being treated in hospitals.
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Turkey has had 54 soldiers killed in Syria’s northwestern Idlib provincesince the beginning of February, including the latest fatalities.
Turkey is a main backer of the Syrian opposition while Russia has beengiving military support to the weekslong Syrian government offensive inIdlib that has displaced about 950,000 people and left hundreds ofcivilians dead.
