Turkey Now Allowing The U.S. To Launch Drones To Fly Over Syria

An MQ-1 Predator drone soars over a desert landscape in this undated photograph released by the U.S. Air Force. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Lt Col Leslie Pratt/Handout

Exclusive: Turkey OK’s American Drones to Fight ISIS -- Eli Lake & Josh Rogin, Daily Beast

Turkey is now allowing the U.S. to launch unmanned aircraft to fly over Syria. But so far, traditional warplanes are out of the question.

Send in the drones. But keep the manned aircraft at home.

That’s the message from the Turkish government to the U.S.-led coalition bombing ISIS and other extremists in Syria.

Despite some recent signals from the Turkish government that it was finally ready to partner with the United States and others in the new war against ISIS, there is still a major snag.

U.S. officials working on the diplomacy and intelligence components of the new war tell The Daily Beast that Ankara is still prohibiting the United States from flying manned aircraft from the U.S. airbase in Incirlik, Turkey. Instead, the Turks are allowing only drones to take off from the base.

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My Comment: The Turks have thrown a "bone" to the Americans to keep them quiet for the next few weeks..