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Turkey flexed its military strength across the border in Syria earlier in the week by helping rebels reclaim the Jarablus from the control of ISIS.

The air force launched air-strikes in the region on Saturday and it remains unclear whether these latest air strikes were targeted at ISIS or its foes, the Syrian Kurdish fighters.

According to Turkish sources and the Anadolu Agency, one Turkish soldier died in the fight. Turkish military officials believe the Kurdish fighters launched rockets that killed the soldier.

According to the report Turkey’s air strikes injured civilians in the eastern part of Jarablus. It struck several parts of the south, destroying the headquarters of one terror organization and an ammunition dump.

A spokesperson for a fully backed Turkish Free Syrian Army group known as the Sultan Murad Brigade told reporters that its fighters have successfully seized control of a series of villages in the western part of Jarablus. However, it remains unclear from whom these villages were seized.

In comments broadcasted by CNN Turkey, Numan Kurtulmus the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, said Turkey aims to take control of a broad stretch of the border in a bid to protect Turkish citizens staying within the region and as one of the objectives Operation Euphrates Shield.

The Kurdish fighters have been key allies of the U.S in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, but the Turkish government sees those fighters as a group linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the pro-separatist group that the Turks have been fighting for years.

Apart from the one soldier who lost his live, three others suffered injuries. This fresh report of death was just the first on the fourth day since Operation Euphrates Shield began.