2016 Islamic State rocket attacks on Turkey

Rocket attacks on Kilis
	Part of the Turkey-ISIS conflict
Date	8 March 2016 – 8 September 2016 (6 months)
Location	Kilis, Turkey ; ISIS territory in Northern Syria
Status	With the start of the Turkish military intervention in Syria, ISIS is repelled from the Turkey-Syria border.
Belligerents
Turkey Turkish Armed Forces; Turkish Gendarmerie; General Directorate of Security;	ISIS Military of the ISIS; Dokumacılar; Al-Sham Province; Al-Barakah;
Commanders and leaders
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ; Hulusi Akar	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Casualties and losses
None	54 killed
	22 civilians (12 Syrian) killed and 80 wounded

Since early 2016, the Turkish city of Kilis and surrounding areas came under continuous rocket bombardments by the Islamic State, resulting in retaliatory strikes by the Turkish military on ISIL militants located at the ISIL-occupied areas in North Syria. Since January 2016 and until early May, more than seventy rockets fired from across the border by ISIL had hit this town, killing at least 21 people.

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