Turkey: 3 soldiers killed clearing IEDs in Syrian Kurdish enclave

ANKARA, Turkey — Three Turkish soldiers are killed Thursday clearing improvised explosive devices in the Syrian region of Afrin after the capture of Afrin city over the weekend, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim sys.

“We have three martyrs today. They were martyred while clearing IEDs,” Yildirim says in a televised speech in Ankara. Three more soldiers are injured, the Turkish army adds. Turkish troops and allied Syrian forces seized control of Afrin city from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia on Sunday.

— AFP

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