CBC.ca | Among US partners striking Syria, Turkey is missing Washington Post (blog) That Turkey is not taking part in the strikes will not come as a total surprise. When Secretary of State John F. Kerry headed to Turkey earlier this month to rally support for broader strikes against Islamic State, the response was lukewarm. Turkish ... Why Turkey's reluctant to join US-led coalition against ISIS Syrian refugees in Turkey criticise US air strikes against Isis Turkey Mulls Military Role Against ISIS |
Foreign Policy | Will Turkey Fight ISIS? New York Times ISTANBUL — On Saturday, Turkey woke up to happy news: The 49 Turks held hostage in Iraq by the Islamic State for 101 days had finally been released. When they arrived in Ankara with a delegation headed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, the survivors ... ISIS crisis on Turkey's borders: Hostages and refugees Turkey remains cagey about hostages freed by ISIS Turkey unlikely to consider armed engagement against ISIS, experts say |
Rudaw | WH: Turkey to join coalition against ISIS The Hill Turkey is expected to join a handful of Muslim nations supporting the U.S. fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the White House said Wednesday. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Turkey faced a "complicated situation ... Turkish PM: '6000 Foreign Fighters Have Entered Turkey' Turkey uncorks the genie that is Islamic State TURKEY AS THE CULPRIT |
CBS News | Amid a Maze of Alliances, Syrian Kurds Find a Thorny Refuge at the Border New York Times Tear gas mixes with wind-blown dirt as the police disperse refugees desperate to get into Turkey and Turkish Kurds trying to help them. The police also clash with Kurdish men equally desperate to cross in the opposite direction — Turkish and Syrian ... Islamic State crisis: New air strikes in Syria and Iraq New Airstrikes Target The Islamic State's Oil And Gas Resources ISIS on the move as airstrikes continue |
TURKEY HAS ALREADY BEGUN FIGHTING ISIS Daily Sabah The first of them is that Turkey is the only country that has physical contact with ISIS-controlled areas among the other countries supporting the coalition. Therefore, Turkey is the country that is most subject to the risk of terrorist attacks. The ... |
The Guardian | Turkey ready to aid US air strikes against Isis jihadis in Syria The Guardian A US warplane lands on an aircraft carrier in the Gulf after bombing Islamic State targets A US jet lands on an aircraft carrier after bombing Islamic State targets. Turkey is home to a US base that has not yet been used against Isis. Photograph: MC3 ... |
What will Turkey do if Russia turns off gas? Al-Monitor A worker checks the valve gears in a natural gas control center of Turkey's Petroleum and Pipeline Corporation, 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of Ankara, Feb. 14, 2012. (photo by REUTERS/Umit Bektas) ... |
NBCNews.com | Dozens of Families Leave Turkey to Live Under ISIS in Syria NBCNews.com ISTANBUL — Asiya Ummi Abdullah doesn't share the view that the ISIS rules over a terrorist dystopia and she isn't scared by the American bombs falling on Raqqa, its power center in Syria. As far as she's concerned, it's the ideal place to raise a family. Muslims leave Turkey to seek out 'family-friendly' Islamic State terrorist ... Families leaving Turkey to raise children in ISIS territory |
Massive flow of refugees enters Turkey to escape ISIS advance in Syria CNN (CNN) -- The flow of refugees fleeing Syria into Turkey has reached an unprecedented level in the past two days, a U.N. official said Sunday. "I don't think in the last three and a half years we have seen 100,000 people cross in two days," said Carol ... |
BBC News | France blames Turkey for 'jihadi' arrest fiasco BBC News A senior French minister has criticised Turkey after plans to arrest suspected jihadis returning from Syria collapsed when they were put on the wrong flight. As security agents waited at a Paris airport, the three suspects were flown to Marseille in ... 'Jihadists' surrender after Turkey sends them to 'wrong French airport' 3 Suspected French Jihadists Give Up After Botched Arrest French police lose three suspected jihadi terrorists because of wrong airport |