Turkish warplanes attack IS stronghold in northern Syria
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Turkish state media and a Syrian activist group say Turkey's warplanes have struck Islamic State positions in and near the northern Syrian town of al-Bab.
Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported 15 airstrikes against IS in al-Bab on Monday, saying they destroyed two command centers, an arms depot and two buildings used as headquarters, as well as 10 defensive positions.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the airstrikes and shelling killed three people and wounded 30 others.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Turkish troops crossed into northern Syria earlier this year, vowing to clear the border area of IS as well as U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces, which Ankara views as an extension of the Kurdish insurgency in Turkey.