Turkey said a Kurdish militia killed two people in mortar attacks from northern Syria on Monday, in an escalation of cross-border retaliation following Turkish air operations at the weekend and a deadly bomb attack in Istanbul a week ago.
Child, teacher among killed in latest mortar shellingTurkey has carried out several incursions in Syria
A pregnant woman initially reported as killed was badly wounded and is under treatment in hospital, Soylu said later. The PKK and YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces have denied involvement in the Nov. 13 bombing on a busy pedestrian avenue. On Monday, Turkey struck a Syrian army outpost west of Kobani where a YPG army barrack is located, an SDF source said. The outpost is one of several where the Syrian army was brought in to prevent the Turks from attacking the SDF.
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