Artillery fire from Turkey and airstrikes by U.S.-led coalition warplanes killed at least eight ISIL fighters in northern Syria

Artillery fire from Turkey and airstrikes by U.S.-led coalition warplanes killed at least eight ISIL fighters in northern Syria, military sources said Thursday.

They said Turkish army howitzers and multiple rocket launchers fired on the militants Wednesday as they were preparing to strike Turkey with rockets and mortars, destroying one defensive fighting position.

Kilis, just across the frontier from an ISIL-controlled region of Syria, has been hit by rockets more than 70 times this year. More than 20 people have been killed and parts of the town reduced to rubble.