Turkey says it has struck back against Syrian military targets after at least five of its soldiers and three civilians attached to the Turkish army were killed by Syrian government forces in the war-torn country's Idlib region.
Syria’s army and its allies have encircled Daesh (IS) in the city of al-Mayadin, southeast of Deir al-Zor, in eastern Syria, a Syrian military source said on Sunday.
Iran has strongly condemned the US airstrikes on Syrian military convoy as a flagrant violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
President Tayyip Erdogan sought to build cooperation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday over military operations in Syria, as Turkey attempts to create a border "safe zone" free of Deash (Islamic State) and the Kurdish YPG militia.
