[Hurriyet Daily News] Some 19 Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) holy warriors have been neutralized as part of the ongoing Euphrates Shield operation in Syria, the Turkish Armed Forces announced on Jan. 10.
In a statement covering updates in the operation until 7 a.m., the military said shots were fired at some 340 ISIS targets, suppressing sanctuaries, defense positions, command centers and weapons belonging to the jihadists.
The military also added that Turkish warplanes also conducted an air operation on 27 ISIS targets in al-Bab, Bzagah and Suflaniyah, destroying sanctuaries, defense positions and weapons.
A total of 19 ISIS holy warriors were neutralized in the operations conducted both on land and from air while three mortars, three armored vehicles and one cannon-mounted vehicle were destroyed, the military said.
Turkish authorities often use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply that the person in question was either killed or captured.
A hand-made explosive was destroyed, adding to a total of 2,821 hand-made explosives and 43 mines destroyed since the launch of the operation in summer 2016.