NATO will join the US-led coalition fighting ISIS, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday, ahead of a summit with President Donald Trump.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said Saturday that In order to closely monitor the development of the situation in Iraq and Syria, NATO will further increase the presence of its planes in the international airspace over Turkey.
NATO says it is expected to approve the deployment of sophisticated AWACS surveillance aircraft to the Middle East in support of the so-called anti-ISIS military campaign by the US and its allies.
The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has rejected previous speculations that the Western military alliance will hold a meeting with Russia before its upcoming meeting in Poland.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that Brexit could lead to instability, saying both the alliance and the EU are stronger with Britain’s continued membership of the EU.
NATO weighs deploying sophisticated AWACS surveillance aircraft to Iraq and Syria to fight Daesh, but observers believe it is aimed at Russia which is carrying out airstrikes in support of the Syrian government.
Russia has kept a considerable military presence in conflict-torn Syria to bolster the government of President Bashar al-Assad, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday.