Turkey has bombarded Islamic State (IS) targets in northern Syria. According to Turkish TV, Artillery positions inside Turkey fired on IS as well as Kurdish YPG militia targets in the towns of Jarablus and Manbij.
Turkey considers the YPG as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, a Turkish-Kurdish rebel group fighting for autonomy within Turkey since the 1980s. The strike follows a bomb attack on a wedding in Turkey which killed 54 people and left 66 injured, 14 of them in a serious condition.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the identity of the bomber, initially thought to be a child has not yet been established.