BALADI NEWS
Turkish Defense Ministry said that three Turkish soldiers were killed in a car bombing, Friday, in a Turkish-controlled area in northern Syria.
The ministry said the attack occurred late on Thursday as the soldiers were carrying out road checks in northern Syria, in an area that is under the control of Turkish forces and Turkish-backed Syrian fighters since a Turkish incursion into the region in October.
“Three heroic brothers-in-arms were martyred in a car-bomb attack during a road check,” the ministry said. It did not provide further details on the attack.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the attack and vowed retaliation.
“We cannot let this go without a response,” he said.
More than 20 Turkish soldiers have died in the region since the start of the incursion, which drew widespread international criticism. The US, in turn, was seen as abandoning the Syrian Kurdish force that had helped fight IS militants.
Source: Alarabiya.net.