As More Turkish Troops Killed, Ankara Says It Will Not Stop Syrian Refugees Reaching Europe

As More Turkish Troops Killed, Ankara Says It Will Not Stop Syrian Refugees Reaching Europe
Syrian fighters set a target to an artillery near Idlib, Syria Feb. 27, 2020. Umit Bektas/Reuters
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Turkey, faced with a possible new wave of Syrian migrants and dozens more dead Turkish soldiers in Idlib, will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe, a senior Turkish official said as President Tayyip Erdogan chaired an emergency meeting.

An air strike by Syrian government forces in Syria’s northwest Idlib region killed 33 Turkish soldiers and wounded others, the governor in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hatay said separately early on Friday.