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Turkish convoy in Syria hit by airstrikes, Ankara claims
Source: The Guardian
Turkish convoy in Syria hit by airstrikes, Ankara claims
Reported strike came after large number of Turkish forces crossed border into Idlib province
Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent
Mon 19 Aug 2019 18.42 BST Last modified on Mon 19 Aug 2019 19.55 BST
Turkey has sent significant numbers of tanks and troops deep into Syria in an apparent bid to reinforce the town of Khan Sheikhun, where 92 people died in a 2017 sarin gas attack, one of the war’s most infamous atrocities.
Columns of Turkish forces, amounting to Ankara’s largest incursion into Syria of the eight-year conflict, crossed the southern border into Idlib province early on Monday, accompanied by Arab proxy forces.
Their advance was slowed by regime airstrikes that stopped them reaching the town in southern Idlib, where a battle continues to rage between anti-Assad groups and forces fighting on behalf of the Syrian leader.
Ankara decried the airstrikes, and claimed its convoy was travelling towards outposts already established in the region under an agreement with Russia. Turkey claimed the airstrike hit its convoy, killing three civilians, however a war monitor said a Russian airstrike took the lives of three rebels in the surrounding area.
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Reported strike came after large number of Turkish forces crossed border into Idlib province
Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent
Mon 19 Aug 2019 18.42 BST Last modified on Mon 19 Aug 2019 19.55 BST
Turkey has sent significant numbers of tanks and troops deep into Syria in an apparent bid to reinforce the town of Khan Sheikhun, where 92 people died in a 2017 sarin gas attack, one of the war’s most infamous atrocities.
Columns of Turkish forces, amounting to Ankara’s largest incursion into Syria of the eight-year conflict, crossed the southern border into Idlib province early on Monday, accompanied by Arab proxy forces.
Their advance was slowed by regime airstrikes that stopped them reaching the town in southern Idlib, where a battle continues to rage between anti-Assad groups and forces fighting on behalf of the Syrian leader.
Ankara decried the airstrikes, and claimed its convoy was travelling towards outposts already established in the region under an agreement with Russia. Turkey claimed the airstrike hit its convoy, killing three civilians, however a war monitor said a Russian airstrike took the lives of three rebels in the surrounding area.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/19/turkish-convoy-hit-by-syrian-airstrikes-ankara-claims
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Source: BBC
Syrian civil war: 'Three killed' in attack on Turkish convoy
19 August 2019
A Syrian government air strike aiming to stop a Turkish convoy reaching a rebel-held town in northern Syria has killed three civilians, Turkey alleges.
Another 12 people were injured in the attack in Idlib province on Monday, the Turkish defence ministry said.
Idlib, one of the few areas not under government control, was supposed to be protected by a buffer zone agreed with rebel-backing Turkey last year.
But government assaults have been on the increase since April.
Hundreds of civilians have already been killed as a result, and there are fears many more will die if the situation continues to escalate.
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19 August 2019
A Syrian government air strike aiming to stop a Turkish convoy reaching a rebel-held town in northern Syria has killed three civilians, Turkey alleges.
Another 12 people were injured in the attack in Idlib province on Monday, the Turkish defence ministry said.
Idlib, one of the few areas not under government control, was supposed to be protected by a buffer zone agreed with rebel-backing Turkey last year.
But government assaults have been on the increase since April.
Hundreds of civilians have already been killed as a result, and there are fears many more will die if the situation continues to escalate.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49394759
Syria has condemned the convoy as an act of aggression and says it is heading for the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun (AFP/Getty)