Turkey says 3 of its soldiers killed in IS attack
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ISTANBUL -- Three Turkish soldiers were killed and four were wounded in a missile attack Tuesday by ISIS in northern Syria-- the first Turkish casualties caused by the militants in Turkey's two-week-old incursion into Syria.
The Turkish fatalities came after Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels on Sunday expelled ISIS from the last strip of territory the militant group controlled along the Syrian-Turkish border, effectively sealing the extremists' self-styled caliphate off from the outside world.
In a statement, Turkey's military said the militants fired rockets at Turkish tanks during clashes near the border area from where ISIS was pushed out of on Sunday, immediately killing two and wounding five soldiers. It said the wounded were evacuated by helicopters. One of the wounded soldiers died despite efforts to save him, according to Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency.
