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Kurdish militias ambush Turkish Army tank, at least seven troopers dead

Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 04 Feb 2018, 05:58 am Print

Kurdish militias ambush Turkish Army tank, at least seven troopers dead

Damascus: Turkish military suffered a heavy loss as seven soldiers were killed during an offensive against Kurdish militias.

At least five soldiers died in the Afrin region of Syria after the militias ambushed an army tank, report said.

Mourning the loss, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has vowed to make the perpetrators pay twice as much.

Later on Saturday, Turkish Jets launched another offensive targeting Kurdish militants at Afrin.

On Jan 20, 2018, Turkey launched an operation, Olive Branch, to eliminate YGP/PKK militants in Syria.

So far, at least 14 Turkish soldiers have died during the operation.

 

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