Hulusi Akar

Four Syrians, including three children, were killed and six others were wounded when five rocket projectiles fired from Syria hit the Turkish border province of Kilis on April 18, the Kilis Govenor's Office has announced.

U.S.-led coalition warplanes hit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in northern Syria near the Turkish border province of Kilis on April 14 after recent advances by the jihadist group and shelling from the region claimed lives on the Turkish side. 

Defense Minister ?smet Y?lmaz said on April 13 that theTurkish security forces had killed 362 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants since July 2015 with its cross-border artillery fire against targets in Syria.

A total of 362 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants were killed in operations targeting the jihadist group's positions in Syria, Turkey's defense minister has announced.

Speaking in the southern province of Kilis, Defense Minister ?smet Y?lmaz said 146 targets had been shelled by Turkish artillery and 362 ISIL militants had been killed.

The chief of general staff of the Turkish Armed Forces and the country's National Intelligence Agency (M?T) head carried out inspections on April 13 in the southern province of Kilis, which had been struck by rocket fire from Syria for three consecutive days, as Turkey's defense minister, who also visited the city near the Syrian border, said 362 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) mili

Turkish Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and National Intelligence Agency (M?T) head Hakan Fidan arrived in the southern province of Kilis on April 13, after consecutive rocket firings in the province over the past three days.

Rocket projectiles that were fired from Syria landed in the southern province of Kilis for the third consecutive day on April 13.

Locals in the border province panicked when Katyusha rockets fired from Syria fell into an empty field in two different regions at 9:10 a.m. No casualties were reported in the incident.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has welcomed Saudi King Salman in the presidential palace with a state ceremony during the king's official three-day visit to the country.

King Salman arrived at the presidential palace accompanied by mounted troops. The king later saluted the escort of honor.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu said he stood behind a March 31 announcement by the Turkish General Staff, which denied allegations that some members of the military were planning a coup, adding the statement was released "upon his permission."

Turkey and Ukraine have deepened political, military and economic ties through consecutive high-level visits following the Turkish military's downing of a Russian warplane in November 2015 and the deterioration in ties between Ankara and Moscow.