4 Turkish soldiers wounded by Kurdish militants in border attack: ministry

STORY: 4 Turkish soldiers wounded by Kurdish militants in border attack: ministry DATELINE: May 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the attack STORYLINE: Four Turkish soldiers and one civilian were wounded on Thursday in Turkey's southern border province of Gaziantep in a mortar attack by Kurdish militants in Syria, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. The People's Protection Units (YPG), the Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) outlawed in Turkey, launched the attack from the Ayn al-Arab region in Syria on the Karkamis district and the Koprubasi border post in the Gaziantep Province, the ministry tweeted. In response, the Turkish forces killed six YPG members in northern Syria, it added. Earlier in the day, the ministry said the Turkish army killed 10 YPG members as they were preparing to attack the military zones under Turkey's Operation Euphrates Shield, Operation Peace Spring, and Operation Olive Branch. The tension between the YPG and