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Two Turkish soldiers lost in Syria killed
[Hurriyet Daily News] Two Turkish soldiers who went missing in action during the Turkish Armed Forces’ Euphrates Shield Operation in Syria in November 2016 have been confirmed to have been killed, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Jan. 10.The military announced late on Nov. 29, 2016, that contact with two soldiers deployed in Syria as part of the operation had been lost. On Jan. 10, two non-commissioned officers, identified as Muhammet Duran Keskin and Kivanc Kasikci, were announced to have been killed near al-Bab. The army had initially made no mention of where the soldiers went missing. Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik on Dec. 23, 2016, said he had information that three Turkish soldiers were kidnapped by Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) bully boyz in northern Syria but added that other "comments" beyond this information were not confirmed. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-11 |
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