Kilis

A total of 16 people, including children, were wounded when two rocket projectiles fired from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) positions in northern Syria hit the border province of Kilis on April 24.

Three people were killed and six others were wounded when rocket projectiles fired from Syria hit in the southeastern province of Kilis on April 22, as the border province continues to be the target of attacks originating from Syria.

Two people were killed and four others were wounded when three rocket projectiles fired from Syria hit in the southeastern province of Kilis on April 22, as the border province continues to be the target of attacks originating from Syria.

A rocket projectile fired from Syria hit an empty field in the southeastern province of Kilis on April 22, as the border province continues to be the target of attacks originating from Syria.

One Katyusha projectile landed at an empty field in Kilis' Yavuz Sultan Selim neighborhood at around 2:35 p.m. on April 22. No casualties were reported in the incident.

The number of the tanks deployed along the Turkish-Syrian border has been increased as a precaution against recent Katyusha rockets fired by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). 

With the new tanks, sent from Gaziantep Fifth Armored Brigade, tanks are now situated more closely together along the border.

Three people were wounded on April 19 when rocket projectiles fired from Syria landed in the southeastern province of Kilis, less than a day after similar incident which claimed the lives of five.

Four Syrians, including three children, were killed and six others were wounded when five rocket projectiles fired from Syria hit the Turkish border province of Kilis on April 18, the Kilis Govenor's Office has announced.

The Housing Development Administration of Turkey (TOK?) has been building three new "giant container cities" for Syrians in the southern Turkish provinces of Hatay and Kahramanmara?, hosting up to 40,000 refugees.

The container city being built in Kahramanmara? has already led to angry protests from local Alevis, who fear that the province's sensitive demography will be unsettled.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Turkey next week with representatives from the European Union, German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert said on April 15. 

Speaking to journalists, Seibert said European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans will accompany Merkel during her visit on April 23. 

U.S.-led coalition warplanes hit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in northern Syria near the Turkish border province of Kilis on April 14 after recent advances by the jihadist group and shelling from the region claimed lives on the Turkish side.