Two killed, two wounded as rocket projectiles from Syria hit Turkey's Kilis

Two people have been killed, including a toddler, while two others have been wounded as eight Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) rocket projectiles hit the southeastern border province of Kilis. The military fired back at ISIL targets within the rules of engagement. 

The projectiles started to hit the province at 2 p.m. on March 8 and the firing continued for an hour, Kilis Mayor Hasan Kara told private broadcaster CNN Türk. Three of the rockets reportedly hit Kilis' Kaz?m Karabekir and Turgut Özal neighborhoods. 

Three people, including two children, were wounded after a piece of shrapnel hit an automobile on the Kilis highway. S?d?ka Mavzer, 54, succumbed to her wounds in hospital while four-year-old Mert Özkan also died while being transferred to a hospital in Gaziantep from Kilis State Hospital. The other injured child was identified as Mert's brother, Utku Özkan, aged six. 

Kara said civilians were being targeted by ISIL and urged citizens to remain in their houses or workplaces and avoid crowded areas. He also announced students had been sent home from school for an undetermined amount of time for security reasons. 

Quoting military sources, Do?an News Agency reported the Turkish military retaliated against ISIL with artillery fire, in accordance with the rules of engagement. 

Earlier on March 8, state-run Anadolu Agency reported that the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) had hit ISIL targets in Aleppo's north with around 40 strikes conducted by surface-to-surface missile launchers on Feb. 29. 

Over the first two months of this year, 554 suspected members of the jihadist group have been detained and 98 others have been arrested in counterterrorism operations conducted by police...