Tuesday, 11 May 2021 _Turkey says a rocket attack on its supply convoy has killed one soldier and injured four others in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, the last militant-held stronghold after ten years of foreign-backed war in the Arab country.
In a statement on Twitter, the Turkish Defense Ministry said, "In the Operation Spring Shield zone, one of our hero fellow soldiers was martyred and four of our heroic fellow soldiers were injured in the rocket attack on our supply convoy on May 10, 2021.”
He also wished a speedy recovery for the wounded who had been transferred to hospital.
Turkish forces identified targets in the area and opened fire in retaliation, the ministry said, without elaborating on who carried out the rocket attack.
On March 1, Turkey waged its fourth cross-border incursion into Syria, dubbed Spring Shield, days after an airstrike by Syrian forces killed dozens of Turkish soldiers, whom Russia said were “in the battle formations of terrorist groups.”
As tensions mounted in Idlib, Russia and Turkey - that are supporting the opposite sides to the Syria conflict - agreed on a ceasefire, under which their forces conduct joint patrols along the M4 highway linking Syria’s east and west, and establish a security corridor on either side of it.
In a statement on Twitter, the Turkish Defense Ministry said, "In the Operation Spring Shield zone, one of our hero fellow soldiers was martyred and four of our heroic fellow soldiers were injured in the rocket attack on our supply convoy on May 10, 2021.”
He also wished a speedy recovery for the wounded who had been transferred to hospital.
Turkish forces identified targets in the area and opened fire in retaliation, the ministry said, without elaborating on who carried out the rocket attack.
On March 1, Turkey waged its fourth cross-border incursion into Syria, dubbed Spring Shield, days after an airstrike by Syrian forces killed dozens of Turkish soldiers, whom Russia said were “in the battle formations of terrorist groups.”
As tensions mounted in Idlib, Russia and Turkey - that are supporting the opposite sides to the Syria conflict - agreed on a ceasefire, under which their forces conduct joint patrols along the M4 highway linking Syria’s east and west, and establish a security corridor on either side of it.
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