NATO Gathers to Discuss Violence Along Turkey-Syria Border
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iStock/Thinkstock(BRUSSELS) — An emergency gathering of NATO countries is taking place in Brussels Tuesday morning to discuss the increasingly volatile situation in Turkey.
In recent days, trouble in neighboring Syria has spilled over the border. Those troubles include bombings and shootings that killed police, soldiers and civilians.
Turkey has responded by launching airstrikes into Syria and Iraq.
Officials in Turkey blame ISIS for some of the violence. However, other attacks are attributed to a Kurdish rebel group.
Turkey has a long, contentious history with the Kurds, fighting a decades-long war that cost 40,000 lives. A cease-fire brokered with the Kurds in 2013 now appears to be falling apart.
The Kurds say until recently Turkey turned a blind eye to the Islamic State, who Kurdish rebels are fighting in both Syria and Iraq.
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