A total of 51 ISIS militants were killed in the last 24 hours as part of Turkey-backed Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria, the Turkish military announced Saturday. 
Turkish General Staff said in a statement that four of the neutralized were also so-called "regional heads" of the ISIS group in the Al-Bab and Bzagah regions, Turkey's Anadolu Agency reported. 
On the 165th day of the operation, international coalition forces conducted eight airstrikes on ISIS targets in Al-Bab and destroyed two defensive positions and two armed vehicles. 
Turkish fighter jets also hit 65 ISIS targets and destroyed 56 buildings and three headquarters, the statement added. 
The statement also said that 55 mines and 3,656 improvised explosives had been defused since the start of the operation on August 24. 
Operation Euphrates Shield began in late August 2016, to tighten border security, eliminate terror threats along Turkish border.

Source: QNA