ANKARA (AFP) – US warplanes Wednesday carried out their first air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria after taking off from a Turkish base, kicking off a key new phase in the campaign against the jihadists.A US drone had last week executed a single lethal air strike against an IS target in Syria but this was the first time manned US fighter jets had carried out raids after taking off from Turkeys strategically-located Incirlik base.Turkey is currently pressing a two-pronged anti-terror offensive against IS jihadists in Syria and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq and southeast …read more
Source: Dunya TV
