Three Turkish-backed Syrian fighters were killed Monday in an ambush by Kurdish militants in the border Ras Al-Ayn region northeastern Syria, activists told Zaman al-Wasl.
The attack took place near Al-Alya town south of Ras Al-Ayn.
The slain fighters were operating in Sultan Murad Division, a key unit in the Syrian National Army.
The Turkish military and the Syrian National Army attacked Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria on October 9 with the aim of creating a roughly 30-kilometer (20-mile) deep buffer zone.
Ankara views the YPG as a terrorist group linked to Kurdish militants on its own soil and has mounted military operations in northern Syria to push it back from the border.
Zaman Al Wasl
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