Clashes between Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and ISIS militants intensified around the northern Syrian town of al-Bab on Wednesday, killing 14 Turkish soldiers and 138 militants, the army said.
The fighting, in which 33 Turkish soldiers were also wounded, is some of the deadliest yet in Turkey's nearly four-month-old "Euphrates Shield" operation in northern Syria.
"The operation to control al-Bab, which is being besieged under the Euphrates Shield Operation, is ongoing," the army said in a statement.
The military had said earlier that the anti-ISIS forces, which have been launching attacks on ISIS fighters in al-Bab for weeks, had largely established control over the strategic area around the town's hospital, Middle East Eye reports.
