Posted on 07/24/2015 12:18:16 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Turkey's government says it has bombed Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria.
A day earlier the two sides exchanged fire near the border, with one soldier killed and two more injured.
Turkey is to let the US carry out air strikes against the Islamic State group from a key military base near the Syrian border, US officials have said.
Turkish police also launched raids to arrest suspect IS militants on Friday morning in 140 locations in Istanbul.
The raids were carried out in 26 districts of the city and involved 5,000 officers. Members of the the youth wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and of a far-left group were also arrested.
The office of Turkey's Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, said members of militant groups were arrested in 13 provinces.
The state-run Anadolu news agency said some of the arrests were made in Ankara, Izmir and Sanliurfa province, near the Syrian border.
In a separate statement, Mr Davutoglu's office said that F-16 jets had hit three IS targets in Syria.
It is the first time Turkey has launched air raids against targets in Syria since IS began its advance through Iraq and Syria in 2013.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Radio Free Europe has this report:
“Turkish Warplanes Strike Kurdish Militant Camps In Northern Iraq “
http://www.rferl.org/content/turkish-warplanes-strike-kurdish-camps-northern-iraq/27151710.html
The article also refers to Turkey bombing ISIS. Something to keep up on.
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