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Turkish army kills 32 IS militants in northern Syria

Xinhua, January 8, 2017 Adjust font size:

32 Islamic State (IS) terrorists were killed and over 327 targets belonging to terrorists were hit in Al-Bab of northern Syria by military operations in last 24 hours, Turkish General Staff stated on Saturday.

According to the Turkish army, 292 IS terrorist targets have been shelled, destroying shelters, defense positions, vehicles and command centers.

Meanwhile, Turkish jets carried out airstrikes in Al-Bab, Bzagah, Suflaniyah and Kabr Al-Mukri regions, destroying 18 buildings, 5 control points, 3 armed-laden vehicles, 2 headquarters and 7 shelters.

A total of 2,817 improvised explosive devices have been destroyed by the Turkish Explosive Ordinance disposal teams since the beginning of the operation on last Aug.24,the military added.

The Turkish Armed Forces launched the Euphrates Shield Operation last August against both IS and the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the military wing of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD).

Turkey regards the YPG and the PYD as terrorist organizations due to their links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Endit