Turkish soldier killed in Syria's Al Bab: report

One Turkish soldier was killed and three others wounded yesterday in clashes with Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria's Al-Bab region, local media reported, citing military sources.

Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies on Saturday entered Al-Bab to drive IS jihadists from the flashpoint northern town, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The Turkish army launched an ambitious campaign inside Syria on August 24 codenamed Euphrates Shield to clean its border from IS jihadists and stop the advance of Kurdish militia.

But the clashes in Al-Bab have proved the toughest in the campaign, with Turkish military fatalities surging.

The latest casualty raised the number of Turkish troops killed in the Syria offensive to 67, the private Dogan news agency reported.

The three injured troops were evacuated from Al-Bab and taken to hospitals in Turkey's Kilis and Gaziantep provinces near the Syrian border.

Al-Bab is the jihadist group's last stronghold in the northern province of Aleppo and is also being targeted by regime forces.