Turkish Troop Losses Mount in Battle for Syria’s Last Rebel Stronghold
REYHANLI, Turkey—At minimum 29 Turkish troopers were killed in northwestern Syria on Thursday, Turkish officials claimed, plunging Turkey further into the war there, as a Russian-backed Syrian army offensive sought to reclaim the last rebel stronghold.
The troopers were killed by Syrian regime forces, according to the governor of Turkey’s Hatay province, which borders Syria. Turkish officials claimed yet another 36 were wounded.
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