BREAKING NEWS

Report: Turkish fire has killed 12 Syrian soldiers

By REUTERS

OCTOBER 20, 2012 13:33

ANKARA - Turkey's military has fired on Syria 87 times, killing 12 Syrian soldiers and destroying several tanks in retaliation for Syrian shells and mortars landing on Turkish territory, a Turkish newspaper reported on Saturday.

Turkey has been carrying out a series of retaliatory strikes against President Bashar Assad's forces fighting rebels along the border since Syrian shelling killed five Turkish civilians in a Turkish frontier town at the start of October.

Tension between the two neighbors, once close allies, is at its highest since Ankara turned against Assad last year over his violent crackdown on anti-government protests.

The report in the daily Milliyet newspaper, written by columnist Fikret Bila who is known to have good contacts with the military, cited unnamed military sources. Turkey's military, which rarely talks in public, could not be reached for comment.

G7 ministers adopt plan to clamp down on trafficking of migrants

By REUTERS

10/04/2024 04:49 PM

Middle East tensions in focus on Wall St

By REUTERS

10/04/2024 04:16 PM

Hezbollah launches over 100 rockets into Israel by 3 p.m. on Friday

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

10/04/2024 03:15 PM

UK PM says doing everything possible to help de-escalate Middle East

By REUTERS

10/04/2024 01:38 PM