The Kremlin confirmed on Thursday that Russian war planes had
accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers in an air strike that went wrong in
northern Syria, the RIA news
agency reported.
Turkey's military said earlier on Thursday that the Russian strikes had
accidentally killed three of its soldiers and wounded 11 others in an operation
against Islamic State.
President Vladimir Putin had expressed his condolences to his Turkish
counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call, the Kremlin said.
It said in a statement that the incident had taken place near the Islamic
State-held city of al-Bab in northern Syria.
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters resumed a major offensive
inside the city on Thursday, a day after they broke through IS defenses in its
remaining stronghold in Aleppo province.
0 Comments