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.
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.
