July 23, 2015
Turkey (click here) is to let the US carry out
airstrikes against the Islamic State group from a key military base near
the Syrian border, US officials have said.
The agreement, yet to be confirmed by Ankara, follows months of negotiations. The deal comes after Turkey and IS fighters exchanged fire near the Turkey-Syria border, with one soldier killed and two more injured.
On Monday, 32 people were killed in a suicide attack in a Turkish town on the Syrian border blamed on IS.
The agreement was finalised in a phone call between President Barack Obama and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday. It was confirmed by US officials speaking on condition of anonymity....
