A soldier died in an attack carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria’s al-Bab region on Thursday, bringing the number of Turkish soldiers killed during Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield, which began in August, to 42.
According to reports in the Turkish media, nine other soldiers wounded in the ISIL attack were brought to Kilis State Hospital for treatment.
As part of Operation Euphrates Shield, Turkey sent tanks across the border to help Syrian rebels drive ISIL from the border city of Jarabulus on Aug. 24, in a dramatic escalation of its involvement in the Syrian civil war.