Turkey-- ISIS REWARDS TURKEYS DECISION TO NOT JOIN U.S. LED COALITION The self-proclaimed Islamic State has freed 49 Turkish hostages from the countrys besieged consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The freed men were greeted with crowds waving Turkish flags when they arrived back in the city of Ankara early Saturday morning. The release comes after Turkey declined to sign up to a US-led coalition against the self-proclaimed Islamic State, out of fears that the group could launch attacks against it. There is speculation that ISIS may have released the hostages as a reward for Turkeys decision, although the country has a history of picking its fights very carefully: it also declined to get involved in the 2003 Iraq war.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:00:01 +0000
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