Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Turkish air space not used in strikes against Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL)

ANKARA - Neither Turkish air space nor a U.S. airbase in the southern Turkish town of Incirlik have been used in U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State militants, two officials in Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's office told Reuters on Wednesday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an organization that tracks the Syrian war, said earlier that air strikes overnight had hit Islamic State-held territory in Syria near the Turkish border and that the warplanes had come from the direction of Turkey.

There was no other confirmation of air strikes in the area and Reuters could not independently verify the report. 
REUTERS
http://www.todayonline.com/world/turkish-air-space-not-used-strikes-against-islamic-state-officials
24/9/14
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  • Prime Ministry sources deny use of Turkish air space in anti-ISIL attacks...
Neither Turkish airspace, nor its military bases were used in the late Sept. 23 airstrikes by the coalition forces against the jihadist targets in the Kobane region of Syria, sources from the office of the Prime Ministry have said.

The statement came after a monitoring group claimed warplanes hitting Kobane came from Turkish airspace.

Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the warplanes that carried out the raids west of the city of Kobane, also known as Ayn al-Arab, had come from the direction of Turkey. He added that they were not Syrian. The group, which gathers its information from a network of activists across Syria, had no further evidence on the use of Turkish airspace.......................http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/prime-ministry-sources-deny-use-of-turkish-air-space-in-anti-isil-attacks.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72104&NewsCatID=352

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1 comment:

  1. Gefahr an der GrenzeTürkei steht mit einem Beim im Krieg gegen ISIS..

    Lange weigerte sich der türkische Präsident Erdogan, den „Islamischen Staat“ als Terroristengruppe zu bezeichnen. Doch wegen der Flüchtlinge steht die Türkei nun mit einem Bein im Krieg. Bodenkämpfe sind wahrscheinlich.

    Seit dem Wochenende stehen die Horden des Islamischen Staates (IS) nun erstmals auch vor den Toren des einzigen Nato-Partners im Nahen Osten: an den Grenzen der Türkei. Mehr als 130.000 syrische Kurden haben die IS-Gotteskrieger bereits über die Grenze getrieben – und damit nach den Vertreibungen der Christen, Turkmenen und Jesiden eine weitere Großtragödie ausgelöst unter der Zivilbevölkerung dieser aufgepeitschten Region. Es ist nur noch eine Frage von Tagen, bis beträchtliche Grenzabschnitte zwischen Syrien und der Türkei komplett unter die Kontrolle der schwarzen Dschihadisten fallen.....................http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/gefahr-an-der-grenze-tuerkei-steht-mit-einem-beim-im-krieg-gegen-is/10743586.html
    24/9/14

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