Turkey Warplanes on Alert After Syrian Strike on Turkish Troops

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Turkey Warplanes on Alert After Syrian Strike on Turkish Troops

GAZIANTEP, TURKEY —
Turkish F-16 warplanes were put on emergency standby Thursday after Ankara accused the Syrian government of having carried out an airstrike on Turkish troops operating in northern Syria that left three soldiers dead and 10 others wounded, one critically.

Western diplomats expressed concern the airstrike overnight Wednesday by a Syrian air force L-39 Albatros light-attack warplane marks a highly dangerous turn of events in the five-year-long Syria conflict and risks bringing Syria and Turkey into a major clash.

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