Turkey Calls Nato Meeting

NATO ambassadors will hold an "extraordinary" meeting today at Ankara's request to discuss Turkey's shooting down of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian border, an alliance official said.

NATO vowed strong support for Turkey's fight against "terrorism" at an emergency meeting Tuesday called to discuss Ankara's strikes against Islamic State fighters and Kurdish rebels.

Turkey sought moral support for its campaign against militants in Syria and Iraq at an emergency meeting today with its North Atlantic allies, with both NATO and Ankara playing down any idea of a call for military help from the alliance.

NATO Security General Jens Stoltenberg called an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss security at the request of Turkey after last week's suicide bombing there and Turkish security operations against Islamic State and PKK Kurdish militants.

Turkey on Sunday called for an extraordinary meeting of NATO after one of its planes was shot down by Syria in international airspace after it had mistakenly strayed into Syrian territory.

NATO ambassadors will hold an "extraordinary" meeting today at Ankara's request to discuss Turkey's shooting down of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian border, an alliance official said.

NATO vowed strong support for Turkey's fight against "terrorism" at an emergency meeting Tuesday called to discuss Ankara's strikes against Islamic State fighters and Kurdish rebels.

Turkey sought moral support for its campaign against militants in Syria and Iraq at an emergency meeting today with its North Atlantic allies, with both NATO and Ankara playing down any idea of a call for military help from the alliance.

NATO Security General Jens Stoltenberg called an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss security at the request of Turkey after last week's suicide bombing there and Turkish security operations against Islamic State and PKK Kurdish militants.

Turkey on Sunday called for an extraordinary meeting of NATO after one of its planes was shot down by Syria in international airspace after it had mistakenly strayed into Syrian territory.