Seven Syrian soldiers were killed and 20 others injured when a YPG drone struck an ammunition site in northeastern Hassakeh, the Syrian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), citing the ministry’s Media and Communications Department, said army units discovered a workshop for manufacturing improvised explosive devices and drone munitions near the al-Yarubiyah border crossing in the Hassakeh countryside.
The facility, the ministry said, contained several Iranian-made drones that the YPG terrorist group was preparing to arm.
After troops began securing and sweeping the site, the YPG targeted it with a suicide drone, killing seven soldiers and injuring 20 others, it added.
The Syrian army called the attack, which it said took place as soldiers were securing a captured military base containing explosives, a dangerous escalation.
