Turkey has launched a second wave of raids against Islamic State jihadists in Syria and embarked on a new campaign to bombard camps of Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
The CNN-Turk and NTV television channels reported that Turkish F-16s took off from their base in the south-eastern city in Diyarbakir on Friday to carry out a new wave of strikes against IS after a first set of attacks earlier in the day.
An image from an aircraft cockpit video released by Turkey's state-run agency Anadolu on Friday showing Turkish warplanes striking Islamic State group targets across the border in Syria. Credit: AP
The raids marked a major shift in policy towards IS by key NATO member Turkey, which has faced severe criticism from its Western allies for not doing enough to combat the jihadists.
But on this occasion planes also bombed five camps of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in the Kandil Mountains region in northern Iraq where the group's military forces are based.
A Turkish Air Force A400M tactical transport aircraft is parked at Incirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, on Friday.Credit: Reuters
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