Five Turkish military personnel wounded in Syria after Kurdish militia attack - ministry

Record ID: 1438489

  • Title: Five Turkish military personnel wounded in Syria after Kurdish militia attack - ministry
  • Date: 24th October 2019
  • Summary: AKCAKALE, TURKEY (OCTOBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ARMOURED TURKISH MILITARY VEHICLES DRIVING PAST TURKISH RED CRESCENT VEHICLE AT BORDER GATE VARIOUS CONVOY OF TURKISH RED CRESCENT CROSSING INTO SYRIA TO DELIVER HUMANITARIAN AID TEL ABYAD, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM AKCAKALE, TURKEY) (OCTOBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) MILITARY VEHICLE DRIVING IN STREET VARIOUS OF SYRIAN OPPOSITION FLAG ON MAST BUILDINGS RAS AL AIN, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM CEYLANPINAR, TURKEY) (OCTOBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) SCENIC VIEWS TOWN VIEW OF THE BORDER WITH TURKISH WATCH TOWER SEEN ON THE TURKISH SIDE VIEW OF BUILDINGS
  • Embargoed: 7th November 2019 14:51
  • Keywords: Syria Turkey military operation Kurdish militia Syrian opposition Operation Peace Spring Turkish army military personnel
  • Location: AKCAKALE, TURKEY / TEL ABYAD (AS FILMED FROM AKCAKALE, TURKEY) AND RAS AL AIN (AS FILMED FROM CEYLANPINAR, TURKEY), SYRIA / INTERNET
  • City: AKCAKALE, TURKEY / TEL ABYAD (AS FILMED FROM AKCAKALE, TURKEY) AND RAS AL AIN (AS FILMED FROM CEYLANPINAR, TURKEY), SYRIA / INTERNET
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B2GJG3R
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) accused Turkey on Thursday (October 24) of launching a large land offensive targeting three villages in northeast Syria despite a truce, but Russia said a peace plan hammered out this week was going ahead smoothly.
    Under the plan, agreed by presidents Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin, Syrian Kurdish forces are to withdraw more than 30 km (19 miles) from the Turkish border, a goal Russia's RIA news agency, quoting an SDF official, said was already achieved.
    Turkey's defence ministry did not comment directly on the SDF report but said five of its military personnel had been wounded in an attack by the YPG militia around the border town of Ras al Ain, near where the three villages are located.
    Ankara views the Kurdish YPG militia, the main component in the SDF, as terrorists linked to Kurdish insurgents in southeast Turkey. It launched a cross-border offensive against them on Oct. 9 after U.S. President DonaldTrump ordered U.S. forces out of northeast Syria.
    (Production: Bulent Usta, Omer Berberoglu, Deniz Uyar)
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