Turkey says it has struck targets in Syria in retaliation for a deadly cross-border mortar shelling as tensions soar between the two neighbors.
"Our armed forces in the border region immediately retaliated against this heinous attack... by shelling targets spotted by radar," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office said in a statement on Wednesday.
"Turkey will never leave unanswered such provocations by the Syrian regime targeting our national security, in line with engagement rules and international law."
The statement was issued after mortars hit Akcakale, a town in Turkey’s southeastern province of Sanliurfa, earlier in the day. Five people were killed and a dozen more injured in the shelling...
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