US uses Turkish air base to strike IS targets in Syria

Ankara now ready for a 'comprehensive' fight against jihadists, foreign minister says

The United States on Wednesday launched its first airstrike from Turkey on an Islamic State target in Syria, as Ankara vowed it was ready to step up its own fight against jihadists.

"A US drone today carried out one airstrike in Syria near Raqa," a Turkish official said, referring to the town in northern Syria that the IS group sees as its capital.