ISTANBUL: Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two others wounded in areas of northern Syria under Ankara’s control to keep out militants and Kurdish rebels, the defense ministry tweeted Sunday.
The ministry said “terrorists” targeted a Turkish military vehicle on Saturday in the Euphrates Shield region south of the border, but did not specify which group they represented.
Turkey launched Operation Euphrates Shield in 2016 in order to drive away from its border region Daesh militants and Syrian Kurdish militia forces deemed “terrorists” by Ankara.
The Euphrates Shield region includes the towns of Jarablus and Al-Bab near the Turkish border.
After the attack, “the terror targets were hit” in retaliation, the ministry said.
Ankara views Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) as an offshoot of outlawed militants who have been waging a deadly insurgency against the Turkish state.
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Two Turkish soldiers killed in northern Syria
Two Turkish soldiers killed in northern Syria
Famine spreading to two more areas of Sudan’s Darfur: UN-backed experts
- Famine is spreading to two more areas of Sudan’s North Darfur after the paramilitary takeover of state capital El-Fasher
PORT SUDAN: Famine is spreading to two more areas of Sudan’s North Darfur after the paramilitary takeover of state capital El-Fasher triggered mass displacement into surrounding communities, UN-backed experts said on Thursday.
In an alert issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), global food security experts warned that “famine thresholds for acute malnutrition have now been surpassed” in the areas of Um Baru and Kernoi, near the border with Chad.
They added that the spread of famine came as the fall of El-Fasher led to “massive displacement of residents and displaced persons into surrounding areas of North Darfur.”
In an alert issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), global food security experts warned that “famine thresholds for acute malnutrition have now been surpassed” in the areas of Um Baru and Kernoi, near the border with Chad.
They added that the spread of famine came as the fall of El-Fasher led to “massive displacement of residents and displaced persons into surrounding areas of North Darfur.”
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