Turkey moves to crush terror on all fronts

(MENAFN- Arab News) ANKARA: Turkish warplanes killed nine Daesh fighters in strikes on its positions in Syria on Friday a monitor said.
'Turkish aircraft carried out three strikes on Daesh positions in northeastern Aleppo province killing nine... and wounding 12' said Rami Abdel Rahman head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The warplanes hit positions along the Turkish border west of the town of Jarablus and destroyed a truck mounted with a heavy machine gun.
The operations came after the first major cross-border clashes between Turkey and Daesh Thursday left one Turkish soldier and one militant dead.
The bombings were the first by the Turkish air force on Daesh since the extremists began their advance across Syria and Iraq.
'The operations that were started today are not a single event but a process' Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters in Ankara in televised comments.
'Whichever terrorist organization poses a threat to the borders of the Turkish Republic measures will be taken without hesitation' said Davutoglu. 'No-one should have any doubt.'
The move follows Turkey's agreement with Washington to allow it to launch airstrikes against Daesh from its strategic Incirlik Air Base.
Separately Turkey arrested in 13 provinces across the country on Friday the prime minister's office said in a statement.
Turkey is determined to fight all 'terrorist' groups 'without distinction' the statement added.
The Dogan news agency said that 140 addresses were raided in 26 districts in Istanbul in an operation involving some 5000 cops.