Instant Alert: The Turkish military says it lost contact with two soldiers in northern Syria

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   The Turkish military says it lost contact with two soldiers in northern Syria by on Nov 29, 2016, 2:24 PM Advertisement ANKARA (Reuters) - The Turkish military lost contact on Tuesday with two of its soldiers deployed in the operation to sweep Islamic State from northern Syria, the army said in a statement. The army said that contact with the soldiers was lost at around 3:30 p.m. local time (1230 GMT). It did not give any further details. Islamic State's Amaq news agency earlier said that Islamic State fighters had captured two Turkish soldiers near a village west of al-Bab in the Aleppo countryside. Reuters was not immediately able to verify the authenticity of the claim. (Reporting by Ece Toksabay, Orhan Coskun and Ali Abdelatti; Editing by David Dolan) SEE ALSO: ISIS claims credit for the Ohio State University attack   Share the latest business news with your network:    Email sent to:   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011