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Turkish tank hit by rocket, 3 soldiers injured in Syria's Jarablus

30 August 2016 20:10 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. One Turkish tank was hit by terrorists with a rocket near the Sajur River located on the west of the northern Syrian town of Jarablus, injuring three soldiers, the Turkish Armed Forces said in a statement Tuesday, APA reports.

Injured soldiers were brought back to Turkey for treatment.

It is not clear which group carried out the attack, as Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) elements have been clashing with both Daesh and the PKK's Syrian wing YPG in the region.

The river was earlier marked as a temporary ceasefire line between the FSA and YPG.

YPG terrorists attacked two Turkish tanks Saturday with Russian-made Kornet anti-tank missiles, killing one soldier and injuring three others, marking the first casualties in the Euphrates Shield operation launched by Turkey and theanti-Daesh coalition to remove threats from Turkey's borders.