Daily Beast: The ISIS War Inside Turkey Is Escalating
A ferocious firefight in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, coming in the wake of the Ankara massacre, shows the government is turning its wrath on ISIS. But is it too late?
ISTANBUL — Heavily armed police in eastern Turkey have clashed with members of the so-called Islamic State in a fierce gun battle that lasted several hours and killed nine people, the deadliest encounter between security forces of the NATO ally and the jihadists so far.
The shootout Monday in Diyarbakir, one of Turkey’s biggest cities, came two weeks after suspected ISIS members killed 102 people in a twin suicide attack in the capital, Ankara, it could mark a turning point in relations between Turkey and the Islamist militia.
On the campaign trail ahead of parliamentary elections this Sunday, the opposition is accusing the government of being too lenient towards—or even cooperating with—the self-styled “caliphate” of the jihadists in neighboring Syria. The government denies the accusations.
WNU Editor: I have said it before but this is all too little ... too late.
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http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/800-colombian-soldiers-join-saudi-led-forces-in-yemen/
To say the situation in the Middle East is fast becoming a chaotic quagmire of despots, mercenaries, terrorists and refugees is an understatement.
Thank you for the link RRH. I did not know about this. Russian media is also reporting that 500 ISIS fighters have been flown into Yemen !?!?!?!
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