NATO allies meeting for emergency talks in Brussels say they support Turkey's war against ISIS and the global fight against terrorism in all its forms.
So-called article four consultations were invoked by Turkey's new security threats after recent terror attacks by Islamic State and the Kurdish PKK.
Turkey has been launching air strikes against the two groups - which it considers equal threats despite warnings from the EU that going after Kurdish militia could unravel a long-standing ceasefire with the Kurds.
Diplomats also discussed Turkey's creation of a safe zone with the United States, which would help push back ISIS from the border.
Bruno Lete from the German Marshall Fund says Turkey's new role in the war on ISIS made it necessary to hold the talks.
IN: "The events"
OUT: "its coming moves"
DUR: 26 sec
CLIP: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0728nato-gmf-clip1.mp3
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But Turkey's campaign against the PKK complicates Washington's reliance on its affiliate Kurdish military group the YPG to fight ISIS in Syria.... according to Bruno Lete from the German Marshall Fund.
IN: "The Kurdish"
OUT: "ambiguity."
DUR: 38 sec
CLIP: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0728nato-gmf-clip2.mp3
So-called article four consultations were invoked by Turkey's new security threats after recent terror attacks by Islamic State and the Kurdish PKK.
Turkey has been launching air strikes against the two groups - which it considers equal threats despite warnings from the EU that going after Kurdish militia could unravel a long-standing ceasefire with the Kurds.
Diplomats also discussed Turkey's creation of a safe zone with the United States, which would help push back ISIS from the border.
Bruno Lete from the German Marshall Fund says Turkey's new role in the war on ISIS made it necessary to hold the talks.
IN: "The events"
OUT: "its coming moves"
DUR: 26 sec
CLIP: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0728nato-gmf-clip1.mp3
ALT
But Turkey's campaign against the PKK complicates Washington's reliance on its affiliate Kurdish military group the YPG to fight ISIS in Syria.... according to Bruno Lete from the German Marshall Fund.
IN: "The Kurdish"
OUT: "ambiguity."
DUR: 38 sec
CLIP: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0728nato-gmf-clip2.mp3