(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 28 ISIS militants were killed in northern Syria in the last 24 hours by Turkish forces and the U.S.-led coalition, according to a Turkish General Staff statement Sunday.
Turkish army forces killed at least 12 ISIS fighters as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield which Sunday marks the 180th day.
Meanwhile, 16 other ISIS fighters were killed by airstrikes carried out by a U.S.-led coalition in northern Syria, the army statement added.
The statement said that 41 ISIS targets, including shelters, had been hit by Turkish Land Forces while 11 others were struck by the U.S.-led coalition.
In addition, Turkish fighter jets destroyed 9 targets including a building used as a hideout and two vehicles.
The Turkish-led Operation Euphrates Shield began in late August to improve security, support coalition forces, and eliminate the terror threat along the Turkish border using FSA fighters backed by Turkish artillery and jets.
On Sunday, ISIS has thwarted Free Syrian Army and Turkish special forces inside the town of al-Bab.
ISIS has showed stubborn as the Turkish special forces and Free Syrian Army press so hard to capture the border town. ISIS defeat still not clear yet, Press officer in al-Jabha al-Shamiya group told Zaman al-Wasl.
The FSA, that entered al-Bab ten days ago, has been facing ‘valiant resistance’ by the radical group, pro-ISIS accounts say.
Al-Bab capture means cutting off ISIS supply route to the de facto capital of Raqqa east of Syria.
Last October, the Iraqi army, backed by the coalition and local allies on the ground, began a wide-ranging campaign to retake Mosul, which Daesh overran in mid-2014. (With Anadolu agency)
Turkish army forces killed at least 12 ISIS fighters as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield which Sunday marks the 180th day.
Meanwhile, 16 other ISIS fighters were killed by airstrikes carried out by a U.S.-led coalition in northern Syria, the army statement added.
The statement said that 41 ISIS targets, including shelters, had been hit by Turkish Land Forces while 11 others were struck by the U.S.-led coalition.
In addition, Turkish fighter jets destroyed 9 targets including a building used as a hideout and two vehicles.
The Turkish-led Operation Euphrates Shield began in late August to improve security, support coalition forces, and eliminate the terror threat along the Turkish border using FSA fighters backed by Turkish artillery and jets.
On Sunday, ISIS has thwarted Free Syrian Army and Turkish special forces inside the town of al-Bab.
ISIS has showed stubborn as the Turkish special forces and Free Syrian Army press so hard to capture the border town. ISIS defeat still not clear yet, Press officer in al-Jabha al-Shamiya group told Zaman al-Wasl.
The FSA, that entered al-Bab ten days ago, has been facing ‘valiant resistance’ by the radical group, pro-ISIS accounts say.
Al-Bab capture means cutting off ISIS supply route to the de facto capital of Raqqa east of Syria.
Last October, the Iraqi army, backed by the coalition and local allies on the ground, began a wide-ranging campaign to retake Mosul, which Daesh overran in mid-2014. (With Anadolu agency)
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