Dozens of Turkish soldiers killed in strike in Idlib in Syria

US condemns attack which Turkish official says killed 33 of its soldiers, in Ankara's worst day of the conflict so far

Dozens of Turkish soldiers have been killed in an airstrike in Syria's Idlib province, in a dramatic escalation in the battle for control of the country's last opposition stronghold.

Turkish officials said at least 33 of its military personnel were killed in the attack on Thursday night, and more than 30 others injured. Military sources among moderate and jihadist rebel factions fighting in the north-western province bordering Turkey said the deaths followed a precision strike on a two-storey building in the village of Balioun.