Turkey: 1 soldier killed, 3 wounded in YPG attack in Syria
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Turkish officials say a soldier has been killed and three others were wounded in an attack by Syrian Kurdish militants in a Turkish-controlled region in northern Syria.
Turkey's Defense Ministry says Tuesday the attack by the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, occurred in the so-called "Euphrates Shield region," which Turkey and Turkish-allied Syrian opposition forces cleared of Islamic State militants in a cross-border operation in 2016.
The ministry did not provide further details but said Turkey's military responded to the attack by striking at YPG targets in the area. Pro-Kurdish media said Turkish troops retaliated by shelling. It was not immediately known if the retaliatory strikes resulted in casualties.
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Turkey considers the YPG to be an extension of outlawed Kurdish rebels fighting inside Turkey.