Russian aircraft carried out air strikes in Syria's al-Bab area: Turkish military

ANKARA - Reuters

The Turkish Armed Forces said on Dec. 30 Russian aircraft had carried out three air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the area of al-Bab and south of the town in northern Syria, killing 12 of the militants. 

In a round-up of its military operations over the past 24 hours in support of rebels in northern Syria, the Turkish military also said one Turkish soldier was killed and five wounded in an ISIL attack to the south of al Azrak. 

Also, Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes in the areas of al-Bab and Daglabash, destroying 17 ISIL targets and killing 26 militants, the statement said.