Two Turkish soldiers were killed today by an explosion during the construction of a wall along the Syrian border, near where the military is conducting an operation against Daesh and Kurdish fighters, military sources said.
They said the blast conducted in an area between Jarablus and al-Rai was caused by either a landmine or an improvised explosive device, Reuters reports.
Earlier security sources and Turkish media had said the soldiers died during the "Euphrates Shield" operation, itself in northern Syria.
The security sources said the soldiers were wounded in the blast and then transported to a hospital in the Turkish city of Gaziantep where they later died.
