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Turkey to Allow Use of Key Air Base for U.S. Warplanes to Bomb ISIS Turkey to Allow Use of Key Air Base for U.S. Warplanes to Bomb ISIS
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AMMAN, Jordan — The United States and Turkey have reached an agreement in which manned and unmanned American warplanes will carry out airstrikes against the Islamic State from Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey, near the Syrian border, Obama administration officials said Thursday.AMMAN, Jordan — The United States and Turkey have reached an agreement in which manned and unmanned American warplanes will carry out airstrikes against the Islamic State from Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey, near the Syrian border, Obama administration officials said Thursday.
The agreement, described by one senior administration official as a “game changer,” came after months of negotiations that culminated on Wednesday with a phone call between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Obama, another administration official said.The agreement, described by one senior administration official as a “game changer,” came after months of negotiations that culminated on Wednesday with a phone call between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Obama, another administration official said.
The development came as Turkish forces were reported to have engaged in the first direct combat with Islamic State forces on the Syrian side of the border.The development came as Turkish forces were reported to have engaged in the first direct combat with Islamic State forces on the Syrian side of the border.
The developments vaulted Turkey squarely into the broader battle with the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. It was a step the Turkish authorities had been reluctant to take until now in their effort to protect Turkey’s 500-mile border with Syria, where ISIS is firmly ensconced. Both developments vaulted Turkey squarely into the broader battle with the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. It was a step the Turkish authorities had been reluctant to take until now in their effort to protect Turkey’s 500-mile border with Syria, where ISIS is firmly ensconced.
Turkey had allowed unmanned strikes from Incirlik but had thus far balked at allowing manned airstrikes. Turkey had allowed unmanned strikes from Incirlik but had thus far balked at allowing manned airstrikes, a move that would allow a vast expansion of the American-led aerial assault on ISIS targets.
Officials at both the State Department and the Pentagon said they were hesitant about talking about the pact until the Turkish government acknowledged the agreement publicly.Officials at both the State Department and the Pentagon said they were hesitant about talking about the pact until the Turkish government acknowledged the agreement publicly.
The United States and Turkey “have decided to further deepen our cooperation in the fight against ISIL,” the State Department’s spokesman, John Kirby, said in an emailed statement. He said that “due to operational security I don’t have further details to share at this time.” The United States and Turkey “have decided to further deepen our cooperation in the fight against ISIL,” the State Department’s spokesman, John Kirby, said in an emailed statement. He said that “due to operational security I don’t have further details to share at this time."
Mr. Kirby added that the United States would work with Turkey and other European partners to curb the flow of foreign fighters to Syria, recognizing that “the foreign fighter problem is not Turkey’s alone.” Mr. Kirby added that the United States would work with Turkey and other European partners to curb the flow of foreign fighters to Syria, recognizing that “the foreign fighter problem is not Turkey’s alone
The clash between Turkey’s armed forces and ISIS came after gunmen identified by Turkish news media as ISIS fighters opened fire on a Turkish border outpost in the Kilis region, killing one Turkish soldier and wounding five.
Turkey’s semiofficial Anadolu news agency and other agencies said the military scrambled fighter jets and hit suspected ISIS targets on the Syrian side of the border with tanks and artillery. At least one ISIS militant was killed and a number of ISIS vehicles were destroyed, the accounts said.
The clash came two days after a suicide bomber with suspected ties to ISIS struck a cultural center in the Turkish border town of Suruc, killing 32 people and wounding more than 100. That bombing was one of the worst in Turkey in many years.
Two policemen were shot dead on Wednesday after Kurdish militants attacked them out of retaliation for the bombing, accusing the Turkish government of coordinating with ISIS in the attack.