Turkey said it hit back at Syrian government forces on Monday after "intense" Syrian shelling killed five of its soldiers and wounded five others in Syria's northern Idlib province.
The fighting in Idlib led to the collapse of a fragile cease-fire that was brokered by Turkey and Russia in 2018. Turkey supports the Syrian rebels, while Russia has heavily backed the Syrian government's campaign to retake the area which is the last rebel stronghold in Syria.
The exchange of fire came even as a Russian delegation arrived in the Turkish capital of Ankara for a second round of talks to discuss the fighting in neighboring Syria. Eight Turkish military and civilian personnel and 13 Syrian soldiers were killed in a similar clash in the province last week.
A Turkish defense ministry statement said Turkish artillery immediately responded to the attack, destroying targets.