Turkey 'eliminates' 101 regime troops in response to deadly Syrian shelling

Turkey says it eliminated 101 regime troops in swift retaliation to regime shelling that killed five of its soldiers in northwest Syria

An aerial view shows Turkish soldiers gathering in the village of Qaminas, about six km southeast of Idlib city in northwestern Syria on February 10, 2020.

The retaliatory attack destroyed three regime tanks and two mortar positions, while one helicopter was also hit, the statement said. Omer Celik, the spokesman for Turkey’s governing AK Party, said it was out of the question for the Turkish troops to vacate the observation posts in Idlib, adding that Turkey would continue to respond to "systematic" Syrian regime attacks.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Minister of Defence Hulusi Akar immediately convened a meeting following the regime attack on Turkish soldiers, local channel NTV reported."The war criminal, who ordered today's heinous attack, targeted the entire international community, not just Turkey."

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