Turkey kills 169 terrorists in Syria in October – MoD spokesperson

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  • 01 November, 2021
  • 10:54
Turkey kills 169 terrorists in Syria in October – MoD spokesperson

"As a result of the anti-terror operation carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces in Syria, 169 terrorists, including ISIS members, were killed in October 2021," Major Pinar Kara, an officer of the Press and Public Relations Department of the Turkish Ministry of National Defense told a press conference on November 1.

Report quotes her as saying 19 civilians, including children, had been killed in artillery and missile fires by militants linked to Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria over the past month.

She added that 72 civilians were injured.