2016 Islamic State rocket attacks on Turkey

On 8 March, two people have been killed, including a toddler, while two others have been wounded as eight rocket projectiles hit Kilis. Two of projectiles hit a local administration office in the Ekrem Çetin neighborhood and three others hit the Kazım Karabekir neighborhood. The three others hit the Turgut Özal and the Tibilevler neighborhoods of the southeastern city. Three people, including two children, were wounded after a piece of shrapnel hit an automobile on the Kilis highway. In response, Turkish military retaliated against ISIL with artillery fire[4]

11 April 2016 - 4 people were injured as a result of rocket barrage on Kilis.

On 19 April 2016, the town was struck by rockets fired by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from ISIL-occupied Syrian territories killing 4 people and injuring 8 others.[5][6]

On April 22, three people were killed and six others were wounded when ISIL rocket projectiles hit the border province of Kilis.[7]

On April 24, two rockets fired from ISIL hit Kilis. 16 people were wounded, six of whom were Syrian citizens.[7]

On April 25, the Turkish General Staff has announced that eight militants of the ISIL were killed the same day when Turkish artillery units shelled a missile launcher.[8] Also, the same day the U.S.-led coalition hit ISIL targets in northern Syria, located directly across from the southeastern province of Kilis.[9]

On April 26, according to the Turkish army, two missile launchers belonging to the ISIL were destroyed in an artillery strike which also killed 11 ISIL militants. This was the second such initiative by the Turkish Army in the past two days.[10]

On April 27, according to Turkish sources, 13 ISIL militants were killed when Turkish artillery units shelled a building in the Duwaibik region to the north of Aleppo. The building used by ISIL militants collapsed, killing 13 militants inside and injuring another seven. Around 150 Katyusha rocket projectiles stored on the ground floor of the building were also destroyed. The same day Turkish artillery units also shelled two missile launchers and killed 11 ISIL militants.[11]

On April 28, five mortar shells targeting a border military post in the Karkamış district of the southeastern province of Gaziantep were fired by the ISIL. 11 ISIL militants were killed in Turkish artillery shellings following the attack according to Turkish sources.[12]

On April 29, two rocket projectiles fired by the ISIL hit the border province of Kilis in Turkey.[13]

On 12 May, it was reported that Turkish artillery pounded Islamic State targets in northern Syria and the U.S.-led coalition carried out air strikes, killing 28 militants near a Turkish border town of Kilis, repeatedly hit by rocket fire.[14]

By May 16, Turkish authorities reported at least 21 people had been killed from shelling in Kilis Province as a whole since January, in more than 70 separate incidents.[5]

On August 22, Turkey shelled ISIS positions after three mortar rounds hit Kilis.[15]