Turkey said Wednesday it hoped to rapidly rid the Syrian town of Jarabulus of Islamic State (IS) jihadists after launching a pre-dawn military operation inside Syria, the interior minister said.

"God willing, we will get a result in a short time, together with coalition forces and moderate (Syrian) opposition," Interior Minister Efkan Ala told the state-run Anadolu news agency, hours after Turkish army launched an operation to push IS jihadists out of Jarabulus.