33 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria airstrike

ANKARA: At least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in Syria´s Idlib province after an air strike blamed on Damascus, prompting condemnation from Washington and a UN warning on the rapidly-rising risk of escalation. Dozens more soldiers were injured and taken to Turkey for treatment, Rahmi Dogan, governor of Turkish Hatay, said Friday. The heavy losses in northwestern Idlib come after weeks of growing tensions between rebel supporter Ankara and Damascus ally Moscow. "Without urgent action, the risk of even greater escalation grows by the hour," United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement that reiterated Secretary General Antonio Guterres´s call for an immediate...