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Kurdish-led force says it killed five Turkish troops in Syria

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Friday that it had killed five Turkish troops in operations waged in response to Turkish drone attacks on areas under its control.

The US-backed SDF said the operations had taken place on Thursday against two military bases where Turkish troops were stationed

A Turkish defense ministry official on Friday denied the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) claim that it had killed five Turkish troops in operations waged in response to Turkish drone attacks on areas under its control.

When asked about the SDF statement, the official said: "This claim is not true."