Turkish Armed Forces destroy terrorists’ positions in Syria

By  Trend

Turkey’s Armed Forces have destroyed 53 positions of the “Islamic State” (IS, aka ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) terrorist group and 70 positions of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria as part of the Shield of the Euphrates operation, Sabah newspaper reported Oct. 22.

Seven militants of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) were killed during the operations on Oct. 21, according to the message.

FSA has established control over 156 settlements from the start of the Shield of the Euphrates operation.

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.