Turkey calls for broad ISIL strategy, US seeks team-up
Turkey wants the world to come together to find a way of eliminating the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant amid a US push to create a new coalition of the willing against the jihadist group Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan has called on NATO allies to develop a comprehensive strategy to combat terrorist organizations that have emerged from the chaos in Syria, a clear reference to jihadist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). ErdoÄanâs call came as the United States said it was forming a âcore coalition,â including Turkey, to battle ISIL militants in Iraq. U.S. President Barack Obama said âintelligence-sharing on foreign fightersâ was a main issue in his meeting with ErdoÄan.
Obama said the ISIL threat was also discussed. ErdoÄan reportedly stressed that he would like to see the âstrategic partnershipâ between Ankara and Washington in action, in a possible reference to his calls for the deportation of Pennsylvania-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen.
Before meeting with Obama, ErdoÄan underlined that a comprehensive strategy should be developed against terrorist organizations which have been exploiting the environment of chaos as a result of inaction against âthe atrocities of the Syrian regime.â
ErdoÄanâs speech came at the same time as the United States called for the creation of a broad international coalition against ISIL by the time of the U.N. General Assembly this month. âThere is no time to waste in building a broad international coalition to degrade and, ultimately, to destroy the threat posed by ISIL,â Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a joint statement.
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