Turkish army destroys over 100 terrorist positions in Syria
By Trend
Turkey’s Armed Forces together with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) destroyed 94 positions of the “Islamic State” (aka IS, ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) terrorist group and nine positions of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in northern Syria as part of the Shield of the Euphrates operation, the Haber 7 newspaper reported on October 27.
The report says two fighters of the FSA were killed and 16 other were wounded during the operations on Oct. 26.
On Aug. 24 morning, the Turkish Air Force, with the support of the coalition aircraft, launched an operation to liberate the city of Jarabulus from the IS militants in northern Syria, near Aleppo.
The operation was dubbed the Shield of the Euphrates.
Syria has been suffering from an armed conflict since March 2011, which, according to the UN, has so far claimed over 500,000 lives.
Militants from various armed groups are confronting the Syrian government troops. The IS, YPG and PYD are the most active terrorist groups in Syria.
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