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Turkish policemen hurt in explosion during anti-IS raid

A militant with the Daesh Takfiri terror group has injured four Turkish policemen in a blast in the southeastern part of the country, near the border with Syria.

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President Barack Obama planned to discuss the IS threat with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday.

The soldiers returned fire, killing four of the Daesh terrorists in one vehicle and the other vehicle fled. A few of the leaders arrived on Saturday.

The state-run Anadolu Agency says police nabbed four protesters who held up placards outside a domestic flights terminal at Antalya airport on Saturday.

Turkey is employing 12,000 security forces during the G20 summit in the southern Antalya province, taking place after terrorist attacks in Paris, which killed 129 people and has been claimed by Islamic State.

Turkey has stepped up raids on Islamic State cells inside the country in recent weeks, detaining dozens of alleged militants. “Murderer USA get out of the Middle East”, said placards displayed by protesters, the private Dogan news agency said.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose guests also include Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, has insisted that the perils posed by Syria are casting a shadow on world security and stability, and therefore on the global economy.

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