14 Turkish servicemen killed during operation in Syria

Turkish Army has said that 138 IS terrorists were killed and many others were wounded in Syria's Al-Bab region within the Operation Euphrates Shield Wednesday.

n Aug. 24 morning, the Turkish Air Force, with the support of the coalition aircraft, launched an operation to liberate the city of Jarabulus from the IS militants in northern Syria, near Aleppo.

The operation was dubbed the Shield of the Euphrates.

Syria has been suffering from an armed conflict since March 2011, which, according to the UN, has so far claimed over 500,000 lives.

Militants from various armed groups are confronting the Syrian government troops. The IS, YPG and PYD are the most active terrorist groups in Syria.