Turkish army: IS attack kills 5 Turkish soldiers in Syria
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Turkey's military said the Islamic State group has killed five Turkish soldiers and wounded nine others in a bomb attack in a northern Syrian town.
In a statement Friday, the military said IS terrorists had carried out the attack in Al-Bab, a town that Syrian rebels with Turkish backing are trying to retake from IS militants. It also gave the condolences to the families of the slain soldiers and wished a speedy recovery to the wounded.
Earlier, Turkish armed forces said they had hit more than 200 Islamic State group positions in northern Syria and killed 23 militants.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}On Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said IS "is now fleeing completely" from Al-Bab.
The new deaths raise the total Turkish death toll in northern Syria to 54.