Turkish warplanes destroyed 39 ISIL targets and killed four militants in northern Syria, the Turkish army said on Saturday.
Turkey’s ramping up of its air strikes in northern Syria are part of Ankara’s almost four-month-old “Euphrates Shield” operation with Turkish-backed militants, which aims to push the extremists and Kurdish militia fighters away from the Syrian border area.
Turkish jets destroyed shelters, vehicles mounted with guns, and ammunition depots the latest air strikes in the al-Bab and Zarzur regions of northern Syria, the army said.
The Turkish army on Friday said its air strikes destroyed 34 ISIL targets, while a statement from the day before said it said it had hit 10 targets.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday the Turkish-backed militants closed in on the key ISIL-held city of al-Bab in northern Syria, with Turkish tanks and warplanes supporting the assault.
