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British fighter jets under the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) coalition conducted air strikes in northern Syria on Jan. 18, the Turkish army has said, noting that it marked the first coalition air strike in a long time.

Two Turkish soldiers who went missing in action during the Turkish Armed Forces' Euphrates Shield Operation in Syria in November 2016 have been confirmed to have been killed, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Jan. 10.

The military announced late on Nov. 29, 2016, that contact with two soldiers deployed in Syria as part of the operation had been lost. 

One Turkish soldier and 69 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants were killed over the weekend in clashes in Syria's al-Bab, while a total of 365 targets were hit as part of Turkey's ongoing Euphrates Shield Operation.

One Turkish soldier has been killed in clashes with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria's al-Bab as part of Turkey's ongoing Euphrates Shield Operation, while 37 ISIL militants were killed in Turkish airstrikes, the Turkish military said in a statement on Jan. 7. 

Turkey has told U.S. officials it has not received sufficient support in its fight against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the last month-and-a-half and expects full support in its bid to drive the jihadists out of Syria's al-Bab, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's spokesman said on Jan. 5.

The Doğan Group has filed a criminal complaint against daily Sabah after the newspaper targeted the group with fictitious "news" that "FETÖ and other terrorist organizations will drag the country into chaos in the direction of their plans." 

A request has also been filed to block access to links to the story regarding the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ).

Turkish and Russian warplanes have struck Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) positions near Syria's al-Bab, a strategic town Turkey and Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) elements are trying to capture from the jihadist group, the Turkish Armed Forces said in a written statement early Jan. 2. 

Russian military jets have hit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets near al-Bab after receiving intelligence from the Turkish military.

The Turkish Armed Forces said on Dec. 30 Russian aircraft had carried out three air strikes against ISIL in the area of al-Bab and south of the town in northern Syria, killing 12 of the militants.

The Turkish Armed Forces said on Dec. 30 Russian aircraft had carried out three air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the area of al-Bab and south of the town in northern Syria, killing 12 of the militants. 

Some 44 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants have been "neutralized" in Syria's al-Bab as part of the ongoing Euphrates Shield Operation, the Turkish Armed Forces has announced.