The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that it responded to an attack launched by Kurdish forces in the "Euphrates Shield" area in northern Syria.

In a statement published by the Anadolu Agency, the Turkish Defense stated that the Turkish forces "neutralised" 6 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Syria.

Last month, an attack occurred on a military vehicle belonging to the Turkish forces in the countryside of Aleppo, killing two soldiers and wounding others.

In 2016, the Turkish army launched the "Euphrates Shield" operation in northern Syria, against the Kurdish forces, as it managed to regain control of swaths of land.

The Turkish forces are present in several areas in northern Syria, following 3 military operations it launched, in cooperation with the armed opposition factions, against the Kurdish forces and ISIS, namely the "Euphrates Shield", "Olive Branch" and "Spring of Peace".