Turkish Army Shells Islamic State Militants in Syria from across Border

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The Turkish military has attacked Islamic State militant positions on Syrian soil from the Turkish border town of Kilis after a Turkish army officer was killed and two soldiers injured by Islamic State militants firing on the town. The retaliatory strike comes days after at least 30 people were killed and 100 injured in a suicide bomb attack in the town of Suruc on Monday, near the Syrian border in southeastern Turkey, which officials blamed on the Islamic State