It said in a statement that 14 of the extremists had been killed as they attempted to enter the villages of Akhtarin and Turkmen Bareh. (File Photo: Reuters).
Ankara: A total of nine ISIS militants were killed in northern Syria over the last 24 hours as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish military said Sunday.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by Turkish General Staff, a total of 186 ISIS targets including shelters, defense positions, command control centers, weapons and vehicles were hit with howitzers, tanks multiple-launch rocket launchers.
Separately, Turkish jets destroyed 12 other ISIS targets including a control point in air raids on al-Bab and Bzagah regions, the statement added.
The operation is part of the Turkish-led Operation Euphrates Shield, which began in late August to improve security, support coalition forces, and eliminate the terror threat along Turkey’s border.
