In Syria, Turkish armed forces shelled nine terrorist targets in the northern part of the country as part of Turkey’s ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield to clear DAESH out from its southern border region, the military said on Monday.
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Two anti-Syrian government militants were also killed and another two injured in the attack.
On September 3, Turkey sent more tanks and other armoured vehicles into west of Jarablus, the offence aimed at targeting terrorists from both the east and west sides of the stretch of the territory between Jarablus and al-Rai, and taking control of all the villages between two cities.
Turkish jets pounded PKK hideouts in northern Iraq and killed at least 30 terrorists on Sunday, announced the military.
The three killed by IS were not Turkey’s first casualties following the launch of the incursion, though they were the first fatalities at the hands of the militant group since the operation began.
Turkey has so far hailed its operation as a success and IS jihadists were at the weekend expelled from their last positions along the Turkish-Syrian border, depriving the group of a key transit point for recruits and supplies.
The military said two Turkey-backed Syrian rebels were killed and two wounded rebels were also evacuated. The IS, the YPG and the PYD are the most active terrorist groups in Syria.
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The Turkish presidency said earlier it hoped for a truce in northern Syria between opposition fighters and the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in a week, after talks between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and world leaders at the G20 in China.
