Dushanbe, 26.04.2016. /NIAT “Khovar”/. Eight militants of the Islamic State (IS) were killed in Syria on Monday when Turkish artillery units shelled a missile launcher, Xinhua news agency reports quoting the statement of the Turkish military.

The Turkish artillery units destroyed a missile launcher belonging to the IS group in a region north of Aleppo, six kilometers from the border and 21 kilometers from the center of the province of Kilis in southeastern Turkey, said the statement issued by the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.