Turkey moves to use force in Syria and Iraq

Turkey is moving to reverse its non-intervention stance and approve the use of force in Syria and Iraq to fight radical Islamic State (IS) militants who have advanced against cities along the Syrian-Turkish border

IS control
IS support

TURKEY
SYRIA
IRAQ
JORDAN
IRAN
LEB. (=LEBANON))

Erhaç
Incirlik
U.S. airbase

Aleppo
Hamah
Homs
Raqqa
Damascus

Diyarbakir
Hasakah
Rabea
Mosul
Sinjar
Deir al Zawr
Tikrit

Haditha
Hit
Ramadi
Fallujah
Baghdad
Kirkuk

Kurdish-governed area

100km
60 miles
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Birecik
Around 160,000 civilians have fled into Turkey
Sep 24
Sep 21
Frontline Sep 18

Suruc
Kobane (Ayn al-Arab): Kurdish militias battling IS jihadists who have moved within 2-3km of besieged town
TURKEY
SYRIA

5km
3 miles
Sources: Institute for the Study of War, deSyracuse
Picture: Google Earth