Turkish Soldier Killed, Three Others Wounded In Attack On Syrian Border

Turkish Soldier Killed, Three Others Wounded In Attack On Syrian Border

Turkish forces are seen at Mount Barsaya in northeast of Afrin, January 28, 2018 / Khalil Ashawi / Reuters

On July 7, cross-border firing by unidentified gunmen in Syria’s northeastern region, where Kurdish forces are in control, killed a Turkish service member.

The gunfire targeted a Turkish military vehicle patrolling near the border town of Senyurt in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin.

According to a statement by Mardin’s governor office, the driver, identified as infantryman Cihan Ciftcibasi, was severely wounded and three other service members sustained light injures when the vehicle then overturned. Ciftcibasi died of his wounds in the hospital, while the remaining three soldiers are recovering.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, yet. Elements from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) may have been behind the attack.

The SDF launched cross-border attacks against Turkey from northeastern Syria in 2019 as a response to the Turkish-led invasion of the region. Since then, the Kurdish-led group has confined its attacks to Turkish forces inside Syria.

The Turkish military has not yet responded to the cross-border attack. A harsh military response by Ankara may further destabilize northeastern Syria. The ceasefire in the region, which is sponsored by both Russia and the US, is barely holding on.

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white_male

turkonoid invader in coffin ? sounds good ;)

Last edited 3 years ago by white_male
Turkey shoot

The only good Turkey is a slow roasted and carved one.

Icarus Tanović

Stuffed.

The Objective

whie_male racist Russian

white_male

i am German and i am not racist

VaporTrail

Whoever hides behind the account handle ‘The Objective’ is the racist – everyone has seen your previous comments – that clearly show a pathological, bile filled, anti-Slav, and Russo-phobic, hater.

Last edited 3 years ago by VaporTrail
Dead shia and turks

Lol good news

Hindu Fungus

How is China whupping your dumbass these days LOL

Dead shia and turks

The chinese are dying like flies on the border worry about that loll.Dont worry the filthy mullah will be overthrown soon by baloch,kurds and ahwazis and you persian losers will run away from iran.

Hindu Fungus

LOL, your little midget FM is in Tehran kissing Iranian arse in earnest, you have to be the dumbest troll even by shitty Indian standards :)

Cromwell

How do the chinese fit into the picture you dumb twat?

kenny

Shia and turks are enemies

Turkeys are being carved

The Arabs historically hate the upstart Mongoloid Turkey savages who are treacherous and resistance will only grow as the Turkeys are stealing Arabs lands in Syria and Iraq along with oil. Erdogan is a cowardly moron who thinks that like Zionists he can annex 10% of best Syrian lands. He has a thing coming and it is not even thanks giving.

block

Turkish clowns are being given enough rope to hang themselves. The SAA & allies will do the rest of the work.

bill

Turks are low intelligence brutes. It is said that killing a Turk is like much like taking the life of an insect or fish. They have no feelings and cannot even grasp when they are being killed. They just stare with cold, blinking eyes until the blood runs out.

Brother Ma

Fucking Turks, always sticking their nose in other peoples’ business. Fuck off and die.