<span style="color: #222222;">In Syria, 26 Syrian soldiers were killed in Turkish drone strikes yesterday.<br />'' <br />'' Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said, Turkish drones targeted positions of the regime forces in the Idlib and Aleppo countryside and killed 26 members of the Syrian army.<br />''  <br />'' The apparent retaliation came after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in an airstrike by Syrian regime forces on Thursday. A 34th soldier later died from his injuries.<br />'' <br />'' Russia-backed regime forces have since December led a military offensive against the last major rebel stronghold of Idlib in northwestern Syria, where Turkey supports some rebel groups.</span><br />''