ANKARA: Turkey has killed 3,000 Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, adding that no other country is fighting Islamic State as Ankara is.
NATO member Turkey was initially a reluctant partner in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State and faced criticism in the earlier stages of the Syrian war for failing to stop foreign fighters crossing its borders and joining the radical group.
Turkey has meanwhile said it needs more help from Western allies in the fight against Islamic State, particularly near the Syrian border, where the Turkish town of Kilis has been hit for weeks by repeated rocket fire.
-
Martha Stewart on surviving rigorous times amid upcoming memoir release -
18-month old on life-saving medication returned to ICE detention -
Cardi B says THIS about Bad Bunny's Grammy statement -
Chicago child, 8, dead after 'months of abuse, starvation', two arrested -
Funeral home owner sentenced to 40 years for selling corpses, faking ashes -
Australia’s Liberal-National coalition reunites after brief split over hate laws -
Savannah Guthrie addresses ransom demands made by her mother Nancy's kidnappers -
Washington Post CEO William Lewis resigns after sweeping layoffs