ISTANBUL • Turkey and Russia are inching towards a direct confrontation in Syria after an attack on Turkish positions in the war-torn nation killed at least 33 Turkish soldiers.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ISTANBUL • Turkey and Russia are inching towards a direct confrontation in Syria after an attack on Turkish positions in the war-torn nation killed at least 33 Turkish soldiers.
As the toll of soldiers killed in the ambush rose, 32 others were wounded, NTV reported yesterday, citing Mr Rahmi Dogan, governor of Turkish border city Hatay. But Mr Erdogan's efforts to drum up aid from his Nato partners that could strengthen his position have come to naught as he tried to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to drop support for the regime in Damascus.
The latest attack makes it even more difficult for Turkey to prevent Syrian migrants from seeking refuge elsewhere, a senior Erdogan ally said, signalling growing frustration with European inaction. Another group of migrants arrived on the coast of Ayvacik in Canakkale, western Turkey, and wanted to go to the Greek island of Lesbos by boat, it reported.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have intensified attacks on rebel positions in the province in recent weeks, with some Turkish posts having been encircled.
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