And yet another front opens in the multi-faceted Syrian conflict....
Turkey Warplanes on Alert After Syrian Strike on Turkish Troops
VOA News
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GAZIANTEP, TURKEY —
Turkish F-16 warplanes were put on emergency standby Thursday after Ankara accused the Syrian government of having carried out an airstrike on Turkish troops operating in northern Syria that left three soldiers dead and 10 others wounded, one critically.
Western diplomats expressed concern the airstrike overnight Wednesday by a Syrian air force L-39 Albatros light-attack warplane marks a highly dangerous turn of events in the five-year-long Syria conflict and risks bringing Syria and Turkey into a major clash....
And lots more.
There is no TLDR but here's a quick rundown.
Turkey has a military operation inside Syria with the support of militiamen from the Free Syrian Army (FSA), mostly to counter Kurdish militias, who the USA supports and supplies. A current objective for all three is the Syrian town of al-Bab, northeast of Aleppo.
This is getting too close for comfort or for Syrian government forces which, for the first time, launched a strike directly on Turkish troops.
No one supports Turkey in this endeavor.