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The article states that Kurdish fighters fighting the militant jihadist organization Islamic State (ISIS) from the U.S. government-allied Syrian group the People's Defense Units (YPG) accused Turkey of shelling their positions in Syria on July 27, 2015. According to the article, Turkey agreed to permit U.S. jets to utilize Turkish air bases to strike ISIS positions in Syria, and Turkey was also launching airstrikes against ISIS targets ahead of a scheduled July 29, 2015, meeting of the group the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The article states that the Turkish government agreed in late July 2015 to permit U.S. armed forces to utilize the Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey to send fighter jets and armed drone aircraft to attack fighters of the militant organization Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, based in Syria. According to the article, U.S. president Barack Obama and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to the broad parameters of the deal on July 22, 2015.

The article examines the battle at the border between Syria and Turkey in October 2012. Topics include the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) statement demanding that the Syrian regime stop attacks against its ally Turkey, why Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims Turkey responded to attacks by Syrian border forces, and the possibility that the conflict will incite Iran to increase its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The article reports on the violation of a Russian warplane and targeting radar on Turkish jet fighters to conduct bombing campaign in Syria.

The article reports that fighters from Northern Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), called Peshmerga, and Syrian group the Kurdistan Communities Union pledged on June 11, 2014 to resist the advance of the extremist group the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) into Kurdish areas.

The article discusses retaliatory fire by Israeli armed forces on November 12, 2012 against a military vehicle in Syria following shelling and tank incursions by Syria's military in the Golan Heights.

The article discusses skirmishing along the common border of Turkey and Syria, with Turkey responding to Syrian shells that struck a Turkish town and killed five in early October, 2012 with two consecutive days of shelling of a garrison in the Syrian city of Tal Abyad.

The article discusses the U.S. military's preparation of several options for arming or resupplying the Syrian Kurds who are fighting to keep the Islamic State extremist group from taking over the city of Kobani, Turkey, focusing on the Turkish government's opposition to American-supplied weaponry.