A total of 18 ISIS militants were killed in northern Syria over the last 24 hours as part of Turkish-backed Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish military said Sunday. 
The Turkish Armed Forces also hit 18 ISIS targets in northern Syria, said a Turkish General Staff statement on the 159th day of the operation. 
The Turkish jets destroyed three gun positions, four checkpoints, two underground tunnels and nine buildings, Turkey's Anadolu Agency reported. 
Since the beginning of the operation 3,431 handmade explosives and 55 mines were neutralized under controlled conditions. 
Operation Euphrates Shield began in late August to tighten border security, eliminate the terror threat along Turkish borders.

Source: QNA