A Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded in the border town of Tal Abyad, Syria, after an attack by YPG Kurdish fighters in spite of the five-day ceasefire agreed by Ankara on Thursday, announced on Sunday. October 20, the Turkish Ministry of Defense.
"One of our heroic comrades fell as a martyr and another was wounded in a small arms and light weapons attack (...) perpetrated by terrorists during a reconnaissance and surveillance mission," the report said. Department of Defense.
The attack on Turkish soldiers while on a reconnaissance and surveillance mission in the city was the subject of retaliation by the Turkish side, the ministry said in a statement that Turkey was fully engaged in the truce despite this violation of the ceasefire.
Erdogan threatens to "crush the heads" of Kurdish fighters
Kurdish forces and Ankara accused each other on Saturday of violating the truce in northeastern Syria, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatening to "crush the heads" of Kurdish fighters three days before the deadline expires. for their withdrawal.
Turkey on 9 October launched a military offensive in northeastern Syria against Kurdish fighters YPG, partners of the coalition against ISIS that the Turkish authorities consider a "terrorist" organization.
Under pressure, Ankara agreed Thursday to suspend for five days its offensive "Source of Peace", a truce that should allow the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from the "security zone" that Turkey wants to create along the Turkish border, about thirty kilometers deep.
With AFP and Reuters