The Latest: Turkish military reports death of soldier
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the developments in Syria and Turkey's offensive on the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin (all times local):
11:22 p.m.
The Turkish military has announced one soldier was killed in its cross-border operation on a Kurdish held enclave in northern Syria.
In a statement late Monday, the military said the "heroic" soldier was killed in clashes with Syrian Kurdish militants and the Islamic State group near Turkey's border province of Kilis.
The unnamed soldier is the first to be killed in the military offensive code-named Olive Branch, now ending its third day.
The military operation with Turkey-backed Syrian opposition forces aims to clear Afrin of Syrian Kurdish militants.