Turkey inks deal to open bases to U.S.-led coalition
AMMONNEWS - Turkey has formally signed a deal with the United States opening its Incirlik air base to the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, the Turkish foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
The agreement only concerns the fight against ISIS and does not include air support to Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, spokesman Tanju Bilgic told reporters in a briefing.
Additionally, Turkish air strikes hit six Kurdish militant targets in Turkey and northern Iraq overnight, the prime minister's office said.
Turkish authorities have also detained a total of 1,302 people in 39 provinces as part of a crackdown targeting members of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and illegal leftist groups, the statement added.
AMMONNEWS - Turkey has formally signed a deal with the United States opening its Incirlik air base to the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, the Turkish foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
The agreement only concerns the fight against ISIS and does not include air support to Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, spokesman Tanju Bilgic told reporters in a briefing.
Additionally, Turkish air strikes hit six Kurdish militant targets in Turkey and northern Iraq overnight, the prime minister's office said.
Turkish authorities have also detained a total of 1,302 people in 39 provinces as part of a crackdown targeting members of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and illegal leftist groups, the statement added.
AMMONNEWS - Turkey has formally signed a deal with the United States opening its Incirlik air base to the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, the Turkish foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
The agreement only concerns the fight against ISIS and does not include air support to Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, spokesman Tanju Bilgic told reporters in a briefing.
Additionally, Turkish air strikes hit six Kurdish militant targets in Turkey and northern Iraq overnight, the prime minister's office said.
Turkish authorities have also detained a total of 1,302 people in 39 provinces as part of a crackdown targeting members of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and illegal leftist groups, the statement added.
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Turkey inks deal to open bases to U.S.-led coalition
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