Syria war: Turkey kills 25 people in latest round of air strikes

At least 25 people have been killed in the latest round of Turkish air strikes in Syria, near the city of Jarablus.

Turkish authorities said the dead, killed in shelling and air strikes on Sunday, were all Kurdish militants.

Separately, a monitoring group said at least 35 civilians and four militants were killed by Turkish strikes in villages near Jarablus on Sunday.

It is not yet clear whether the two reports were referring to the same incident.

The strikes came on the fifth day of a Turkish military operation to target so-called Islamic State (IS) militants and Kurdish militia inside Syria, dubbed Operation Euphrates Sword.

 

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