Nine Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in Syrian regime airstrikes in the Idleb region of northwestern Syria, authorities say, a brutal escalation that risks triggering a firm response from Ankara.
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Several soldiers were also seriously injured and repatriated for hospitalization, said the governor of the province of Hatay, bordering Syria, to the state press agency Anadolu.
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