Turkey troops and Syria militants exchange fire on border
Syria's former al-Qaeda affiliate warned against Turkey intervening in the north of the country in alliance with the 'Russian occupier'
Pro-Ankara Syrian rebel fighters near the village of Hawar Killis along the Syrian-Turkish border in Aleppo province (AFP)
Sunday 8 October 2017 08:41 UTC
Turkish forces exchanged fire Sunday with militants from al-Qaeda's former Syrian affiliate on the border of Idlib province, a monitor and eyewitnesses said, a day after Ankara announced an imminent operation there.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday that pro-Ankara rebels would lead a military campaign in the northwestern Syrian province against the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militant coalition.
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Turkey is now in Northern Syria, full fledged. Idlib province.
