Residents watch as a Turkish military convoy that crossed from the border with Syria passes through the Syrian rebel-held town of Hazano in Idlib's northern countryside, on February 22, 2020. / AFP / AAREF WATAD
Istanbul: One Turkish soldier died on Saturday after shelling by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime on the last rebel holdout of Idlib, the defence ministry said.
"One of our heroic comrades was injured as a result of tank fire by the regime on our elements who are in the Idlib region to ensure a ceasefire but fell martyr when he was being taken to a hospital," the ministry said on Twitter. The latest casualty brings the number of Turkish personnel killed in clashes in Idlib this month to 17.
