Rocket fired from Syria wounds at least 6 in Turkey

At least six people were wounded in the Turkish town of Kilis after a rocket fired from Syria hit near a bazaar in the border village, which has a sizable population of Syrian refugees fleeing the war.

“We have six injured and five of them are in good health,” said the governor of Kilis province, Ismail Catakli, in a statement, according to the Turkish Anadolu news agency.

The majority of the victims, according to the Turkish daily Hurriyet, were children. All of them were Syrian nationals, Kilis Mayor Hasan Kara told CNN Turk.

The attack came from Syrian territory held by the Islamic State. The Turkish military targeted at least five of the terror group’s positions across the border in response to the projectile strike.

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Cross-border fire from Syria has claimed the lives of 21 people and wounded dozens of others just this year in Kilis, which lies about six kilometers from the Syrian border.

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Last month, the Turkish military launched an operation to help Syrian opposition forces free the Syrian town of al-Rai held by the Islamic State across the border . Turkey sent dozens of tanks, five armored personnel carriers, trucks and other armored vehicles from Kilis into Syria.

In August, Turkish-backed Syrian rebels recaptured the border town of Jarabulus from IS in under 24 hours and continued to make gains in villages nearby.

The operation was Ankara’s most ambitious during the five-and-a-half-year Syria conflict, which has claimed the lives of over 300,000 people since March 2011.