A man rides a bicycle near damaged buildings in the rebel held besieged city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria December 30, 2016. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.
Ankara: A total of 23 ISIS Militants, including planners for the group, were killed in the Syria's north during the ongoing Turkish-led Operation Euphrates Shield, according to the Turkish military.
The Turkish Armed Forces said on Saturday that Turkish jets destroyed 12 ISIS targets in AlBab, Kabr AlMukri, Bzagah, Tadif and Abu-Jabbar along with 12 ISIS militants.
Other 11 militants were killed in ground clashes, the military said. The operation focused on capturing AlBab district of Syria, with intensified land and air attack, the statement said according to Turkey's news agency (Anadolu).
The statement added that on Saturday, a total of 172 ISIS positions had been targeted and besieged.
Since the launch of Operation Euphrates Shield, around 1,300 ISIS and 306 PKK/PYD militants have been killed and arrested.
