A Turkish soldier was killed by a sniper shot from across the border in a Kurdish-controlled part of northwestern Syria, the Turkish military said on Wednesday.
The soldier was killed in the Turkish border province of Hatay. The shooting came two days after the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Russia was setting up a military base in Syria bordering Hatay and would help train its fighters.
The Turkish military said in a statement that it had returned fire in retaliation after the soldier was killed.
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