NATO supports Turkish fight against terrorism
- 9 years ago
Initially a reluctant participant in the international coalition against Islamic State militants, Turkey last week (July 24) launched its first bombing raids on IS positions in neighbouring Syria.
The strike came after a suicide bomber killed 32 young Kurdish activists in the Turkish border town of Suruc.
On Tuesday (July 28) NATO held an emergency session to discuss the increasingly unstable situation along Turkey’s border.
“All allies stand in solidarity with Turkey,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters after the meeting in Brussels. “Terrorism poses a direct threat to the security of NATO countries and to international stability and prosperity. NATO is playing its part in addressing these challenges. All allies are part and contribute to the global coalition against ISIL.”
NATO, however, stopped short of joining a Turkey-US initiative to clear IS militants out of Northern Syria and create a security zone along the Turkish border.
As well as the threat
The strike came after a suicide bomber killed 32 young Kurdish activists in the Turkish border town of Suruc.
On Tuesday (July 28) NATO held an emergency session to discuss the increasingly unstable situation along Turkey’s border.
“All allies stand in solidarity with Turkey,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters after the meeting in Brussels. “Terrorism poses a direct threat to the security of NATO countries and to international stability and prosperity. NATO is playing its part in addressing these challenges. All allies are part and contribute to the global coalition against ISIL.”
NATO, however, stopped short of joining a Turkey-US initiative to clear IS militants out of Northern Syria and create a security zone along the Turkish border.
As well as the threat