Turkey Calls For An Emergency NATO Meeting To Discuss The Islamic State And The Kurdish PKK

Al Jazeera: NATO calls emergency meeting after Turkey's request

Council comprising diplomats from 28 NATO allies to meet amid Turkish security operations against Kurdish PKK and ISIL.

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO secretary-general, has called an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss security at the request of Turkey after last week's suicide bombing there and ongoing Turkish security operations on two fronts.

NATO said in a statement on Sunday that the North Atlantic Council, which includes the ambassadors of all 28 NATO allies, would meet following a request by Turkey to hold consultations under Article 4 of NATO's founding Washington Treaty.

On the ground, protests erupted on Sunday in a sensitive district of Istanbul after raids against suspected fighters earlier in the week, leaving one police officer dead.

WNU Editor: The Turks are getting nervous. Their involvement in the wars that have been brewing on their borders is now escalating .... as a result they now want NATO to provide political support .... and if the situation deteriorates further .... to back them with military forces. The problem is Syria. Any NATO involvement in Syria .... even if they are fighting against the Islamic State .... will make Syria's allies (Russia, Hezbollah, Iran, etc.) nervous .... and they may in turn escalate their involvement in these conflicts appreciably.

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