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Turkey vows to follow up IS strikes

Turkish soldiers patrol near the border with Syria, ouside the village of Elbeyli, east of the town of Kilis, southeastern Turkey, Friday, July 24, 2015

Turkey vows to maintain a crackdown on Islamic State militants, after launching its first air strikes against their positions in Syria.

  • 25 July 2015
  • From the section Europe

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  • 25 July 2015
  • From the section Africa

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