(MENAFN) On Saturday, Turkish Ministry of National Defense stated that it removed over 3,000 IS terrorists and completely damaged over 21,000 IS targets.
Turkish Ministry of National Defense emphasized in a written statement, "As the only army that carried out hand-to-hand fight with DAESH, Turkish Armed Forces neutralized over 3,000 radical terrorists of DAESH and enabled 320,000 Syrians to return to their homes with the Operation Euphrates Shield launched on August 2016".
Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) started Operation Euphrates Shield on August 24, 2016, to guarantee edge security and the return of Syrian refugees and stop IS terrorism.
The statement affirmed, "Operation Euphrates Shield reached its goal after the control of al-Bab settlement was gained on Feb. 24, 2017".
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