BREAKING: Turkey reports its first military fatality since Syria incursion started, says a soldier has been 'martyred.'
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s Defense Ministry says a Turkish soldier has been killed during action in Syria — Turkey’s first military fatality in Ankara’s cross-border offensive, now into its third day.Separately, the ministry said 49 more “terrorists” were “neutralized” in the incursion, in reference to Syrian Kurdish fighters.
It said the total number of Kurdish fighters killed in the incursion now numbers 277.Turkey considers the Syrian Kurdish fighters terrorists linked to a Kurdish insurgency within Turkey and has launched an invasion into northeastern Syria this week.There have been civilian casualties on both sides: six civilians in Turkey and seven in Syria.
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