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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
65 ISIL militants ‘neutralized’ in northern Syria: Turkish military
2017-01-24
[Hurriyet Daily News] Some 65 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) Death Eaters were "neutralized" in northern Syria over the last 24 hours as part of the Euphrates Shield operation, the Turkish military said Jan. 23.

Turkish authorities use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply the Death Eaters in question were either killed, captured or surrounded.

The Turkish Armed Forces also hit 194 ISIS targets in northern Syria, a Turkish General Staff statement said.

Turkish jets hit 14 ISIS targets in the al-Bab and Bzagah regions, including six headquarters, seven shelters and an armored vehicle manufacturing facility.

Coalition forces also hit targets in Tadif, Abu Jabbar and Uvayshiah on the 153rd day of the operation.

Since the start of the operation, 3,113 handmade explosives and 55 mines have been neutralized under controlled conditions, the military statement added.

Operation Euphrates Shield began late August 2016 to tighten border security, eliminate terror threats along The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
’s borders and support opposition forces in Syria. Turkey currently backs the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA) as a part of its operation.
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