2020 Balyun airstrikes

When

27 Feb 2020

Kind

Military operation

Deaths

33

Coordinates

35.70° N, 36.50° E

Description

2020 Airstikes targeting Turkish Army personnel during the Syrian civil war

Injured

36

Cause

Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019 – March 2020), Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Military operation in Syrian Civil War

On 27 February 2020, during the Dawn of Idlib 2 Operation, a joint airstrike was executed by the Syrian Air Force, and allegedly the Russian Air Force, against a convoy of the Turkish Army stationed in Balyun, within the Idlib Governorate. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reported that the assault resulted in the loss of 34 Turkish soldiers.

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