The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Idlib | One Turkish soldier found dead and another seriously injured

SOHR sources say that two Turkish soldiers were found today, one dead and the other injured. The circumstances of the incident are still unknown as to how they were targeted on the road between the cities of Idlib- Sarmin, near a Turkish post in the area.

Yesterday, Syrian Observatory sources monitored a violent explosion on Aleppo-Latakia international highway (M4), caused by the detonation of an IED nearby Ariha. The IED exploded just after the passing of a Russian-Turkish joint patrol on the M4 highway.

After the explosion, Turkish forces were seen in the area on high alert. A joint patrol of Russian and Turkish forces had set off yesterday from Tarnabah village to Kafr Shalaya village in rural Idlib.

This attack comes a week after the killing of a Turkish soldier on M4. SOHR sources had reported that a Turkish soldier died affected by the injuries he sustained in an IED explosion on Aleppo-Latakia highway, west of Jisr al-Shughour city.