2 Turkish soldiers wounded in Daesh attack in Syria

GAZIANTEP, Turkey

Two Turkish soldiers were wounded in a Daesh attack in northern Syria late Sunday.

The soldiers were wounded when Daesh bombed an area near the city of Al-Bab, north of Aleppo, where Turkish troops are located.

The wounded were taken to a hospital in Turkey's border province of Gaziantep, according to hospital sources who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

On Saturday, one Turkish soldier was also martyred in a similar Daesh attack.

The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) has been fighting around the Al-Bab and Al-Rai regions as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, which was launched in late August to rid the northern Syrian border area of terrorists.

Reporting by Mehmet Akif Parlak ; Writing by Ayşe Hümeyra Atılgan;