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Urgent: Russia, Turkey conduct first joint air strike on IS in Syria

Xinhua, January 18, 2017 Adjust font size:

Russia and Turkey have started their first joint air operation against militants of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria's northern Aleppo province, said Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy, Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, on Wednesday. Endi