US drones to attack ISIS from Turkish air base – report

Turkey and the United States have come to agreement for US combat drones to use the Incirlik air base to support coalition operations against the Islamic State. Four Reaper UAVs (combat drone modification of the 'Predator') will be delivered to Incirlik in the next three weeks. In the last three and a half years four 'Predator' UAVs were deployed there for US intelligence-gathering on the activities of ISIS  in Iraq and Syria. The Turkish General Staff has not officially commented on the deployment of Reapers.

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