Twenty-three Daesh terrorists are neutralized, in Syria in the Euphrates Shield operation
The Turkish Armed Forces has said that 23 Daesh terrorists were neutralized in the ongoing Euphrates Shield operation that is being conducted to sweep the Daesh and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)- affiliated terrorists in northern Syria with the support of Turkey.
As many as 12 buildings of the terrorist organization in al-Bab, Suflaniyah, Kabr Al Mukri, Bzagah, Tadif and Abu Jabbar were destroyed by Turkish warplanes, according to the military.
The Euphrates Shield operation was launched between the Turkish Armed Forces and the Free Syrian Army, with the aim to sweep Daesh from Syria.
Since the launch of Operation Euphrates Shield, around 1,300 Daesh and 306 PKK/PYD terrorists have been “neutralized.”
Turkish explosive ordnance disposal teams have neutralized 2,423 handmade explosives and 42 mines in areas cleared of Daesh since the beginning of Operation Euphrates Shield.
Over a 2,100-square-kilometer area has been cleared of terrorists so far.
