• Turkish soldiers stand in a house in the countryside in the Syrian province of Idlib Monday. Turkey said it hit back at Syrian government forces on Monday, after 'intense' Syrian shelling killed five of its soldiers and wounded five others in Syria's northern Idlib province. | AP
    Turkish soldiers stand in a house in the countryside in the Syrian province of Idlib Monday. Turkey said it hit back at Syrian government forces on Monday, after "intense" Syrian shelling killed five of its soldiers and wounded five others in Syria's northern Idlib province. | AP

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ANKARA/AMMAN – Syrian government forces killed five Turkish soldiers in northwestern Syria on Monday, Turkey’s defense ministry said, after Turkey deployed thousands of troops there to stem a Syrian government offensive.

The attack, on a newly established Turkish military base in Taftanaz in Idlib province, happened a week after eight Turkish military personnel were killed by a Syrian army bombardment.

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