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October 6, 2023

U.S. Downs Turkish Drone Over Syria as Turkey Escalates Attacks on Kurdish Fighters
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Kurdish fighters say recent Turkish airstrikes have killed at least 11
people across Kurdish-controlled parts of northeastern Syria, with five
civilians among the dead. Turkey has intensified cross-border raids
since Sunday, when a pair of attackers detonated a bomb outside
government buildings in Ankara. Turkey blamed the attack on the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers' Party and the closely affiliated Kurdish YPG militia,
which is allied with the U.S. in its fight against ISIS.

On Thursday, the Pentagon said one of its F-16 fighter jets shot down an
armed Turkish military drone as it approached U.S. forces in Syria and
ignored commands to change course. It was an unprecedented direct
military exchange between Turkey and the U.S. - two NATO allies.


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