Botched Russian Airstrike Kills 3 Turkish Soldiers Near ISIS Stronghold in Syria
Russia's Putin expresses his condolences to Turkish counterpart Erdogan, Kremlin says.
The Turkish army said on Thursday that Russian airstrikes accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers and wounded 11 others in an anti-ISIS operation in northern Syria. Russia later confirmed its warplanes had carried out the botched strike.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call, the Kremlin said.
It said in a statement that the incident had taken place near the ISIS-held city of al-Bab in northern Syria.
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters resumed a major offensive inside the city on Thursday, a day after they broke through ISIS defenses in its remaining stronghold in Aleppo province.