Turkish army clashes with IS after soldier killed

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Turkish army clashes with IS after soldier killed

AFP
July 24, 2015, 12:54 am

Turkish tanks fire on IS in Syria after soldier killed: TV

Istanbul (AFP) - The Turkish military on Thursday exchanged fire with Islamic State (IS) militants across the Syrian border after a Turkish soldier was killed by fire from an area controlled by the jihadists.

The non-commissioned officer was killed in the Turkish border region of Kilis, the state Anatolia news agency said, three days after a suicide bombing blamed on IS jihadists killed 32 people.

Anatolia said the fire came from an area controlled by IS in Syria. The Dogan news agency said four soldiers had been wounded.

Turkish tanks from the fifth armoured brigade then responded by opening fire on targets controlled by IS jihadists in Syria, NTV television said, adding that one IS militant had also been killed.

The clashes are among the most serious yet between the Turkish army and IS, which has seized swathes of Iraq and Syria right up to the Turkish border.