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Monday 27 Jul 2015 - 10:45 Makkah mean time-11-10-1436
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Ankara (IINA) – Turkey on Sunday called for a meeting of its NATO allies to discuss threats to its security and its airstrikes targeting Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Kurdish rebels in Iraq, as a car bomb killed two soldiers in the country's southeast, AP reported.
NATO said that its decision-making body, the North Atlantic Council, will convene Tuesday after Ankara invoked the alliance's Article 4, which allows member states to request a meeting if they feel their territorial integrity or security is under threat.
The alliance said Turkey requested the meeting, which includes ambassadors of all 28 member countries, "in view of the seriousness of the situation after the heinous terrorist attacks in recent days."
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said Turkey would inform allies about the airstrikes it launched on Friday and Saturday following an IS suicide bombing near Turkey's border with Syria that left 32 people dead, and an IS attack on Turkish forces, which killed a soldier.
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