At least 30 civilians have been killed in an attack by ISIL Takfiri group  in the northern Syrian town of Al Bab, he Turkish military said in a statement on Monday.

The attack was carried out on Sunday as the civilians’ attempted to flee the ISIL-held town, the Daily Sabah publication cited the Turkish military as saying.

Turkey-bcked militants in Syria and the Turkish army have laid siege to the ISIL-held town for weeks under the “Euphrates Shield” operation launched by Turkey nearly four months ago to sweep the Takfiri insurgents and Kurdish fighters from its Syrian border.

Source: Reuters