Syria & Turkey Developing: Turkish Forces Fighting Islamic State After ISIS Cross-Border Attack

PHOTO: Image from video of today’s fighting between Islamic State and Turkish forces near Syrian border

Turkey’s forces are fighting the Islamic State after the militants killed one Turkish soldier and wounded two in a cross-border attack on Thursday.

Five to ten militants fired on the troops in an outpost close to Elbeyli in Turkey’s southern Kilis Province (see map) just after 1:30 p.m. Turkish time.

The two wounded sergeants are in stable condition in hospital.

Turkey’s Office of Public Diplomacy said that four Turkish tanks responded to the Islamic State gunfire, while F-16 fighter jets were scrambled from Diyarbakır airbase to the conflict zone.

Officials said one militant was killed and three Islamic State vehicles hit.

Claimed footage from the fighting:

On Wednesday, Turkey announced two new security posts in Kilis Province, responding to Monday’s suicide bombing by the Islamic State that killed 32 young activists in the town of Suruc.

In Ankara, a special security meeting has started following Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s consultations with the head of Turkish intelligence, Hakan Fidan, and Chief of General Staff General Necdet Özel.