Stories: Turkish airstrike in north Syria kills at minimum 11
BEIRUT — Turkey carried out an airstrike in northern Syria on Tuesday close to its border killing at the very least 11 men and women, such as Syrian governing administration troopers, an opposition war monitor and a Kurdish media outlet said.
The attack took place just west of the northern town of Kobani and will come amid tensions in northern Syria involving U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters and Turkey-backed opposition gunmen.
There was no immediate official comment from Syria or Turkey.
The Britain-primarily based Syrian Observatory, an opposition war check, claimed the Turkish airstrike killed 11 folks, adding that it was not right away distinct if they had been all Syrian soldiers. It said eight folks were being also wounded.
Hawar Information, the information agency for the semi-autonomous Kurdish spots in Syria, claimed that 16 Syrian troopers ended up killed, though another Kurdish news company, North Push Company, explained 22 soldiers have been killed.
Discrepancies in casualties figures promptly after assaults are not uncommon in Syria.
Turkey has introduced three key cross-border functions into Syria considering the fact that 2016 and already controls some territories in the north.
BEIRUT — Turkey carried out an airstrike in northern Syria on Tuesday close to its border killing at the very least 11 men and women, such as Syrian governing administration troopers, an opposition war monitor and a Kurdish media outlet said.
The attack took place just west of the northern town of Kobani and will come amid tensions in northern Syria involving U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters and Turkey-backed opposition gunmen.
There was no immediate official comment from Syria or Turkey.
The Britain-primarily based Syrian Observatory, an opposition war check, claimed the Turkish airstrike killed 11 folks, adding that it was not right away distinct if they had been all Syrian soldiers. It said eight folks were being also wounded.
Hawar Information, the information agency for the semi-autonomous Kurdish spots in Syria, claimed that 16 Syrian troopers ended up killed, though another Kurdish news company, North Push Company, explained 22 soldiers have been killed.
Discrepancies in casualties figures promptly after assaults are not uncommon in Syria.
Turkey has introduced three key cross-border functions into Syria considering the fact that 2016 and already controls some territories in the north.