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Turkish drones neutralize 21 Syrian troops

6 March 2020 12:15 (UTC+04:00)
Turkish drones neutralize 21 Syrian troops

By Trend

Turkish armed drones neutralized 21 Syrian government troops following the heroic martyrdom of a soldier on March 5, the Defense Ministry said early Friday, Trend reports citing Turkish media.

The drones also destroyed two howitzers and two multiple rocket launchers during the strikes, which were carried out around 4 p.m. local time, the ministry said in a statement on Twitter.

“The blood of our martyr was not left on the ground,” said the ministry.

The attack in the area of Turkey's Operation Spring Shield in Syria’s Idlib province is thought to have taken place prior to Turkey and Russia’s agreement Thursday in Moscow on a protocol on a new ceasefire in the Idlib de-escalation zone.

The ministry said in its statement that Turkish forces determined the targets in the region and immediately opened fire.

Earlier, it said that two soldiers were martyred and three wounded. However, it announced on its Twitter account that one soldier was martyred on March 4 and the other on March 5.

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