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		</div><p>Turkey has announced that its fighter jets have carried out their first airstrikes as part of the US-led coalition against the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.</p>
<p>A Foreign Ministry statement said the jets began attacking IS targets late yesterday across the border in Syria that were deemed to be threats to Turkey.</p>
<p>Turkey agreed last month to take on a more active role in the fight against IS.</p>
<p>Turkish jets used smart bombs to attack IS positions in Syria, without crossing into Syrian airspace and later Turkey granted US jets access to a key air base close to the Syrian border.</p>
<p>The Turkish attacks that began yesterday were the first launched as part of the US-led campaign and came after Turkish and US officials announced they had reached a technical agreement concerning their co-operation, which calls for Turkey to be fully integrated into the coalition air campaign.</p>
<p>“Our fighter aircraft together with warplanes belonging to the coalition began as of yesterday evening to jointly carry out air operations against Daesh targets that constitute a threat against the security of our country,” the Foreign Ministry said, using the Arabic acronym for IS.</p>
<p>“The fight against the terrorist organisation is a priority for Turkey.”<br />
The statement did not give more details on the targets.<br />
On Thursday, IS militants seized five villages from rebel groups in northern Syria as they advanced toward the strategic town of Marea near the Turkish border.</p>
<p>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and other groups said IS carried out a suicide bombing on the outskirts of Marea amid fierce fighting in the area.</p>
<p>The IS advance was in the northern Aleppo province near where Turkey and the US have agreed to establish an IS-free safe zone.</p>
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