Three soldiers were martyred at the scene of the Syrian airstrike on Turkey’s military quarter in the north of Syria on Thursday, while a fourth soldier succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in the southeastern province of Gaziantep.
Meanwhile, another Turkish soldier was martyred in northern Syria in clashes with Islamic State (IS) jihadists, the Turkish Armed Forces said on Nov. 25, in the latest fatality in Ankara’s three month campaign.
Five members of the Turkish Armed Forces and 25 Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters were also injured during clashes. Four Syrian opposition fighters were killed in the incidents in the area on Thursday and early on Friday, according to the statement.
Seventeen Turkish soldiers have been martyred since the military began the operation in support of the FSA in northern Syria on Aug. 24.
The Turkish Air Forces have been conducting consecutive airstrikes in northern Syria following the attack on Turkish military positions by the Syrian regime on Thursday.