Hundreds of arrests in Turkey IS supporters

istanbul - Turkish police in raids across the country picked up about four hundred people suspected to be their supporter of the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS). Most arrests, 150 were in the Sanliurfa province on the Syrian border, but also picked up in the capital Ankara sixty alleged IS-trailers, Turkish media reported Sunday.

Among the suspects were many foreigners. The Turkish government is Sunni extremists IS responsible for bloody attacks in the country, such as New Year's morning to night club Reina in Istanbul. While 39 were killed.

The Turkish army is fighting himself against IS in Syria since August. The Air Force bombarded the jihadis have more frequent at al-Bab, northeast of the city of Aleppo. According to reports Sunday of observers of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the jihadists are nevertheless gaining ground and are working to recapture al-Bab.