Heavy shelling on ISIL in Syria from Turkey

The U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) continued to fire on ISIL targets in Syria's north on May 2 as Turkish artillery also hit jihadist targets.

Four MQ-1 drones took off from the ?ncirlik Air Base in the southern province of Adana, from where they flew to northern Syria to strike ISIL targets under the campaign of the anti-ISIL coalition. 

Five weapon pits belonging to the jihadist group were destroyed and 29 militants were killed in the airstrikes, according to information and images obtained from the region.

The state-owned Anadolu Agency said the strikes took out multiple rocket launchers and gun positions.
The air strikes were informed by intelligence gathered by the Turkish army, Do?an news agency reported.

The airstrikes came after ISIL fired three rockets on the southeastern border province of Kilis early on May 1.
The Turkish army shared the intelligence gathered from Syria's north with the U.S.-led coalition and an operation was launched, Do?an News Agency reported. 

Also midday on May 1, ISIL targets across from Kilis in Syria were hit by howitzers, reportedly resulting in the deaths of 25 militants. Six vehicles belonging to the militants were also destroyed. 

The Turkish army also fired howitzers at ISIL positions early on May 1, killing nine militants, making the total number of militants killed by howitzers 34, Anadolu Agency reported. 

The total number of ISIL militants killed in two days is 63, Turkish authorities claimed.

The U.S.-led coalition also hit ISIL targets on May 1 and a bomb factory belonging to the militants were destroyed in the Azaz district in northern Syria.

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