Meanwhile: Turkish soldiers killed in Syria amid threats of escalation - "things are getting edgy"

[Dennis Donovan]

https://apnews.com/a245ab41546b6dd77be773137da8e0c4

By SUZAN FRASER and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
32 minutes ago

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in an airstrike in northwestern Syria, Turkey said, after an attack by Ankara-backed opposition forces that targeted Syrian government troops.The deaths came after the Turkish president threatened to expand his nation’s involvement in Syria if another one of his troops were hurt.

At least 15 Turkish soldiers have been killed in Syria this month amid a crushing offensive by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces aimed at recapturing remaining opposition-held areas in the region.

Intent on halting the advance, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had vowed Feb. 12 to take military action “everywhere in Syria” if another Turkish soldier was killed or wounded.

The multiple front offensive has triggered the biggest single wave of fleeing civilians in Syria’s nine-year war, displacing nearly 1 million people who have rushed toward the Turkish border and are now sheltering in tents or sleeping rough in harsh winter weather.

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Liz Sly ✔@LizSly

Turkish troops on the offensive in Idlib today. Two Turkish troops killed in an airstrike. Russia says Syria destroyed a tank, 5 armored vehicles & 6 armored pick-ups. Russian planes are striking. Turkey reportedly asks US for Patriots. Things are getting edgy in Syria.

10:38 AM - Feb 20, 2020

[Iliyah]

1. It is getting worse, and that is saying something . .

t-rump allowing Turkey to slaughter our ally, the Kurds is horrible and 100 of thousands now have no home and are still getting killed.

Plus he allowed Isis to re-group. t-rump is a danger to the United States of America.

[gratuitous]

2. Oh, would you people quit looking at that?

Trump solved all the problems there already. We can forget all about Turkey and Syria and Russia and the Kurds and stuff.