Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Turkish troops killed in clashes with ISIL in Syria invasion

Clashes between Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and ISIL fighters have intensified around the northern Syrian town of Al-Bab, resulting in the deaths of 14 Turkish soldiers and 138 ISIL members, according to the army.


Wednesday's battles, in which another 33 Turkish soldiers were wounded, were some of the deadliest yet in Turkey's nearly four-month-old Euphrates Shield operation in northern Syria.

"The operation to control Al-Bab, which is being besieged under the Euphrates Shield Operation, is ongoing," the army said in a statement.

The military had said earlier that rebel forces, which have been launching attacks on ISIL fighters in Al-Bab for weeks, had largely established control over the strategic area around the town's hospital.

"Once this area has been seized, Daesh's dominance of Al-Bab will to a large extent be broken," it said in an earlier statement on Wednesday, using an Arabic acronym for the group.
 [aljazeera.com]
21/12/16
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