Heavy Fighting Reported In Syria's Idlib Province

Al Jazeera: Three Turkish soldiers killed as Syrian rebels regain key town

President Erdogan says developments in Idlib now in Ankara's favour as opposition regains northwestern town of Saraqeb.

Three Turkish soldiers have been killed in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, as Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters regained a key town during heavy fighting on Thursday.

Erdogan said developments were turning in Ankara's favour, three weeks after the armed opposition lost Saraqeb, a northwestern town at the crossroads of two main highways, to the Russian-backed Syrian government forces.

Hours after the seizure of Saraqeb, Syrian government forces launched a major counterattack.

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WNU Editor: Reports are now saying that dozens of Turkish soldiers were killed in an air strike today .... At least 34 Turkish soldiers killed in air strikes in Syria's Idlib: Syrian Observatory (Reuters).

More News On Today's Fighting In Syria's Idlib Province

Battle rages over strategic Syrian town of Saraqeb as humanitarian catastrophe unfolds -- Reuters
Syrian rebels retake key town in Idlib from Assad forces -- The Guardian
Syria rebels fight back but army makes more gains -- AFP
Syrian opposition fighters retake key town, cut highway -- AP
Syria rebels reenter key Idlib crossroads town: AFP -- AFP
Nine Turkish soldiers killed in air strike in Syria's Idlib: governor -- Reuters
Erdogan says three Turkish troops killed in Syria’s Idlib -- TASS
Syrian rebels fight to hold onto key northern town -- Al Jazeera
Erdogan holds emergency Turkish meeting over Syria's Idlib: sources -- Reuters
U.N. hears plea from women in northwest Syria: 'We want the right to live' -- Reuters
Syrians trapped between fighting and closed border -- Al Jazeera
Syria's Idlib: A humanitarian disaster (Photo-Gallery) -- DW