Turkey says its armed forces have fired on targets inside Syria in retaliation for a Syrian mortar attack that killed five Turkish civilians in a Turkish border town.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office said Turkish forces in the border region immediately shelled Syrian targets spotted by radar Wednesday, in response to what it called a "heinous" attack on the Turkish town of Akcakale.
Akcakale mayor Abdulhakim Ayhan told CNN Turk television that a Syrian mortar struck a house in the community earlier Wednesday. He said a woman and a child were among the dead...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office said Turkish forces in the border region immediately shelled Syrian targets spotted by radar Wednesday, in response to what it called a "heinous" attack on the Turkish town of Akcakale.
Akcakale mayor Abdulhakim Ayhan told CNN Turk television that a Syrian mortar struck a house in the community earlier Wednesday. He said a woman and a child were among the dead...
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