Alwaght- In their latest violation of Syrian territorial integrity, Turkish warplanes bombarded the northern al-Bab city
The airstrikes targeted the city of al-Bab, located some 40 kilometers northeast of Aleppo, on Friday, the Turkish army declared.
The strikes were part of an ongoing incursion by Turkish military inside northern Syria where Ankara claims is targeting ISIS terrorist group.
There have been numerous reports, however, revealing kind of collaboration between Ankara and militant and terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria.
On 24 August, Turkish Special Forces, tanks and jets backed by warplanes from the US-led coalition launched their first coordinated offensive in Syria. On the same day, Damascus strongly denounced the intervention as a breach of its sovereignty.
Senior officials in Damascus have said that any side willing to fight terrorism on the Syrian territory should cooperate with the government and the Syrian army.
The latest strikes were carried out after three Turkish soldiers were killed in the area on Wednesday. Turkey on Thursday claimed that a suspected Syrian airstrike had killed the three.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Thursday that Ankara would retaliate against the Syrian army, which has not commented on the developments.
Turkish forces earlier in the year rolled into the Syrian border city of Jarablus under the declared aim of removing ISIS terrorists from the city. In September, the Turkish forces occupied the city, which they said ISIS had left without resistance.
