US drone bombs IS target after taking off from Turkey: Turkish official

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The five other rebels were captured after the attack, though it is unclear exactly when or how they were taken, officials said.

The Turkish military has strengthened its presence along its southern border with Syria as officials announced they would step up their fight against the Islamic State militant group.

Earlier, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey is determined to continue fighting against the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS, also known as ISIS or ISIL).

The closer cooperation comes as Turkey has stepped up attacks against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.

After Turkish intelligence was apparently helping Islamic State forces move to and fro across Turkey’s Syrian border, now all of a sudden the Turks are getting serious about airstrikes against the Islamic State – as they hit Kurdish forces hard too.

Plans are now underway to provide air cover to the U.S.-trained group as it attempts to sweep the insurgents from a strip of territory stretching about 80 km (50 miles) along the Turkish frontier.

So, has Turkey really joined the war against ISIS, or the enemies of ISIS? “The response, however, must be proportionate, targeted and by no means endanger the democratic political dialogue in the country”, Johannes Hahn, the EU commissioner for enlargement, said on Tuesday. “The fact that we now have access to bases in Turkey will allow for that support to be more timely and perhaps even more effective”.

Since Iraq’s and Syria’s borders are in flux thanks to the Islamic State, we should think seriously about backing the Kurds – who have so loyally backed us – in their long-delayed and much-deserved national aspirations. Syrian fighters didn’t call in Tuesday’s strike, he added.

The Pentagon stated Monday the army for the primary trip of Turkey final weekend, and is planning to conduct manned plane flights from Incirlik Air Base.

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Ankara hopes that a key pillar of its new deal with Washington – a 100-kilometre (60-mile) IS-free zone along Syria’s border with Turkey – will be secure enough to hold some of Turkey’s 1.8 million Syrian refugees.

“As part of our agreement with the US we have made progress regarding the opening up of our bases, particularly Incirlik“, he said.

The USA launched its first airstrike into Syria from Turkey, the Pentagon confirmed on Wednesday.

The U.S. said Wednesday that it had indications that some the rebels have been captured by al-Nusra.

“The Division was formed from the honourable sons of Syria to help rid their country of Assad gangs and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil)”, read the statement.

“Although these operations started nearly simultaneously, they are separate”, the official said. He also said that for Syria there is no immoderate opposition or moderate opposition.