Turkish losses rise in dangerous escalation over Syria's Idlib
Reports came in of massive losses among Turkish troops as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued his hawkish posturing toward the Syrian regime.
At least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in the Syrian province of Idlib today in an escalating confrontation between Russian-backed Syrian forces on one side and Turkish forces and their Sunni rebel allies on the other, marking the highest number of Turkish losses in a single day since the start of the civil conflict in Syria nine years ago.
The governor of the border province of Hatay who revealed the figures blamed the deaths on an air attack by the Syrian regime.
