Intel: Turkey targeted by both sides in northern Syria conflict
The Turkish troops in northern Syria have become a target of all warring parties in the area in less than a month, after a rocket attack by a radical group killed two Turkish soldiers and wounded one in the region yesterday.
The Turkish troops in northern Syria have become a target of all warring parties in the area in less than a month, after a rocket attack by a radical group killed two Turkish soldiers and wounded one in the region yesterday.
Why it matters: The attack might be a harbinger of a new front against Turkish troops in the region, where more than 60 Turkish soldiers have been killed in the clashes between Russia-backed Syrian government forces and Turkey-backed Syrian rebels in the past month.
The radical forces, the largest among them Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, were fighting alongside Turkey-backed Syrian rebel forces until Turkey and Russia reached a cease-fire agreement March 5.
Yet yesterday’s attack indicates that the radical groups that are opposed to Turkish-Russian cooperation in Idlib are now turning against the Turkish troops.
