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Turkish Military Kills 18 Daesh Militants in Syria

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Turkish troops clashed with Daesh terrorists in Syria and killed 18 of them.

MOSCOW/ANKARA (Sputnik) — Turkish military killed 18 Daesh militants as part of the Euphrates Shield operation, with one Turkish serviceman being killed and three wounded, the country's General Staff said Wednesday in a press release.

"In the area of town of al-Rai Turkish military clashed with Daesh terrorists who infiltrated the territory controlled by the Syrian opposition. One of our comrades was killed and three were slightly injured. Eighteen terrorists were killed," the press release read.

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The General Staff added that Turkish military had hit 75 Daesh targets, carrying out 275 strikes from howitzers, tanks and multiple rocket launchers. The Turkish Air Force destroyed three buildings and a weapons warehouse controlled by Daesh.

On August 24, the Euphrates Shield operation was launched by the Turkish army with the support of US-led coalition aircraft to clear the Syrian border town of Jarablus and the surrounding area of the Daesh jihadist group, outlawed in Russia and many other countries. Following the move, Syrian Kurds and Damascus accused Ankara of violating Syria's territorial integrity.

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