President Barack Obama on Wednesday spoke by phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, urging close cooperation in the fight against the ISIL Takfiri group, the White House said. “Obama noted the need for close coordination between the United States and Turkey to build on these successes and to apply ...
High ranking Turkish official said on Wednesday his country will press its military offensive in Syria until the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group is driven from the town of al-Bab, despite a warning from forces allied to Syrian national military and a helicopter attack ...