Correspondent in Istanbul
Turkey knew the risky adventure. By dispatching her troops to the north-west of Syria, she subjected them to the severe test of a sky dominated by Russian-Syrian fighter planes. But in his showdown with Damascus and Moscow, Recep Tayyip Erdogan had made it a matter of honor. “We will not take a single step backwards at Idlib. We will push the Syrian regime outside the borders set by us and ensure the return of people to their homes, " he insisted Wednesday.
On Thursday evening, barely twenty-four hours after his speech, the sky poured lightning against Turkish military positions in the Idlib region. The toll is heavy: 33 Turkish soldiers killed and dozens injured, immediately announce various independent sources on social networks, quickly inundated with videos of the strikes and photos of the victims. It is then around 11 p.m. in Turkey.
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