1 Turkish soldier killed in Afrin operation

BEIRUT – The Turkish military has announced one soldier was killed in its cross-border operation on a Kurdish held enclave in northern Syria.

In a statement late Monday, the military said the "heroic" soldier was killed in clashes with Syrian Kurdish militants and the Islamic State group near Turkey's border province of Kilis.

The unnamed soldier is the first to be killed in the military offensive code-named Olive Branch, now ending its third day.