Turkey says border region must be 'completely cleansed' of ISIS
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu made the statement after suicide bomb attack killed 51 people at a wedding in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, which is about 40 km from the Syrian border
Turkey's border region with Syria must be "completely cleansed" of Islamic State (ISIS) and Ankara continues to support operations in the fight against the jihadists, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday.
Syrian rebels are preparing to launch an attack to seize the Syrian town of Jarablus from ISIS on the border with Turkey, a senior rebel said on Sunday, in a move that would frustrate Kurdish hopes to expand in the area.
Cavusoglu was speaking to reporters at a news conference after holding talks with his Lithuanian counterpart Linas Linkevicius. Turkey said ISIS sent a child as young as 12 laden with explosives into a wedding party late on Saturday and killed 53 people.
The incident took place when people were dancing on the street at the wedding party in Gaziantep, about 40 km from the Syrian border.
We condemn the traitors who organised and carried out this attack," said Gaziantep governor Ali Yerlikaya on Sunday, vowing that those responsible would be "brought to account".