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Nearly 600 Turkish troops advanced profoundly into Syria in an uncommon invasion on Feb. 22, Sunday, transferring a historical tomb and clearing the officers guarding the landmark after it was occupied by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS jihadists, The Guardian reported.
The Damascus government, which no more controls the region in Aleppo area however is still not in good terms with Ankara over the Syria clash, lashed out at what it portrayed as an outrageous animosity on Syrian domain, Inquirer reported.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the mission had succeeded, with the fighters returning securely home furthermore rescuing the tomb containing the remains of Suleyman Shah, the founding father of the Ottoman empire, Osman I.
A Turkish government authority affirmed to AFP that the mission was the first attack Turkish troops had propelled inside Syria since the common war started in 2011.
Turkish tanks had determined through the destroyed lanes of the Syrian town of Kobane controlled by Kurdish contenders after a month's long fight with jihadists en route to the tomb toward the beginning of the Operation Shah Firat (Shah Euphrates) late on Feb. 21.
In an immensely typical move, the troops likewise seized control of another territory of raised ground inside Syria effectively noticeable from the Turkish fringe to rebury the remaining parts of Suleyman Shah and raised the Turkish hail over the region.
Pictures taken from the fringe demonstrated that the remaining parts of Suleyman Shah had been reburied in their new area on the highest point of a hill amid the day in the Syrian locale of Eshme, only 200 meters (650 feet) from the Turkish outskirt.
There were apparently 40 Turkish warriors guarding the mausoleum of Suleyman Shah on the Euphrates River, which under a 1920s arrangement is viewed as sovereign Turkish region and conveys colossal significance to Turks as a connection to their pre-Ottoman past.
In the wake of taking everything of verifiable worth, the Turkish troops exploded the building that housed the tomb so it was not abused subsequently by jihadists, Turkish media said.
A fighter was executed in a mishap amid the operation to clear the watchmen at the tomb, which is nearly 37 kilometers (23 miles) inside Syrian domain, as confirmed by the Turkish armed force in a statement.
It said the soldier lost his life in the initial stage of the operation but accentuated there were no conflicts amid the mission.
"It was an exceptionally fruitful operation to the last degree," said Davutoglu in the wake of viewing the operation progressively from Ankara alongside military boss. He said that 572 Turkish officers utilizing 39 tanks, 57 protected vehicles and 100 other military vehicles tuned in the operation.
The legislature official said that cautioning shots had been shot to keep any threat from IS. Upbraiding the attack, the Syrian outside service said it had been educated by Ankara yet Turkey had not held up for their assent.
The tomb of Suleyman Shah, who is said to have been killed the bucket in 1236, is viewed as Turkish domain under the 1921 Treaty of Ankara between the Turkish powers and France, which then controlled French-ordered Syria.
The figure of Suleyman Shah helps Turks join the Ottoman tradition, which as indicated by custom was established by Osman in 1299, with the early Turkic tribes who cleared through Anatolia from Asia.
