The number of Turkish soldiers killed in an attack in Syria on Saturday has risen from two to three, Turkey's defence ministry said.

Officials said a unit had been attacked as it returned from a patrol, with an AFP reporter at the scene reporting that a bomb blast had killed the soldiers on a road near the city of Idlib.

After initially announcing two soldiers had died and three others were "seriously injured", the ministry said later on Saturday that one of the wounded soldiers died in hospital in southern Turkey.

Idlib is home to the last major jihadist and rebel stronghold in northwest Syria.

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Two Turkish soldiers killed in Syria attack
Ankara (AFP) Sept 11, 2021
Two Turkish soldiers were killed on Saturday and three others injured in an attack in the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib, the Turkish defence ministry said. "Our companions were killed in a vile and infamous attack," said Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, while the presidency vowed to avenge the killings. The attackers targeted "a unit returning from a patrol", the ministry said, without giving details on the type of assault. An AFP reporter on the scene said it was a bomb blast on ... read more