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| Turkish soldier shot dead at Syrian border |
| 2015-09-11 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] A Turkish soldier was rubbed out at the border with Syria in southern ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... by an unidentified assailant who opened fire from Syrian territory, the Dogan news agency reported on Thursday. The shooting occurred in the Reyhanli district of Turkey's Hatay province. Dogan gave no further details and the shooting could not immediately be confirmed, according to Rooters. One soldier was killed and another is still missing after a cross-border shooting with 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.... fighters last week near the Turkish town of Kilis, further east. Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper said on Saturday that the missing soldier had been seen in a hospital run by Islamic State. If confirmed, his capture could become a major challenge for Turkey, after it stepped up military action against Islamic State in July, opening its air bases to U.S.-led coalition war planes and launching air strikes. In response, Turkish authorities have closed Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Syria. Late last month, Islamic State released a video accusing Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan of "treachery", and urged Turks to rise up against him. In response, Turkish authorities have closed Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Syria, according to Zaman al-Wasl news hound. |
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