Syria conflict: Russia and Turkey 'in first joint air strikes on IS'

 
    Russian and Turkish jets have carried out their first joint strikes on so-called Islamic State, IS, inside Syria, the Russian defence ministry says.

   IS was targeted in the suburbs of the town of al-Bab, Aleppo province, where Turkey suffered heavy casualties last month battling the group on the ground.
Turkey's military was quoted by Reuters as saying Russia had carried out air strikes "in co-ordination with Turkey".
   Russia and Turkey back opposing sides in Syria's five-year civil war. Moscow intervened militarily in support of President Bashar al-Assad in 2015, while Ankara has funded and armed his opponents.