Syria: YPG drone strike kills 7 soldiers in Hassakeh despite cease-fire


ven Syrian soldiers were killed and 20 others injured when a YPG drone struck an ammunition site in northeastern Hassakeh, the Syrian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), citing the ministry’s Media and Communications Department, said army units discovered a workshop for manufacturing improvised explosive devices and drone munitions near the al-Yarubiyah border crossing in the Hassakeh countryside.

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Source: Daily Sabah News


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