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Turkey bombs Islamic State targets in Syria

24 July 2015 07:23 (UTC +04:00)

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 more than 100 locations in Istanbul.

The raids were carried out in 26 districts of the city and involved 5,000 officers. Members of the the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were also arrested.

A statement released by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's office said that F-16 jets had hit three IS targets. The decision to carry out the attacks was taken at a security meeting called after Thursday's border clashes.

Turkish state TV said that the jets had not violated Syrian air space as they attacked the border town of Havar.