Turkey’s government is seeking parliamentary approval for possible military action in Syria and Iraq that would allow its own forces to target Islamic State and permit foreign troops to use Turkish soil. Legislation, also citing security risks from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government and Kurdish PKK rebel fighter based in northern Iraq, was submitted to parliament late yesterday to allow foreign troops to use Turkey as a staging post and to renew an existing mandate for military action for one year, according to state-run Anadolu Agency. The bill will be debated tomorrow, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said yesterday after a six-hour cabinet meeting attended by army chiefs. The vote is expected to pass and marks a shift in Turkey’s approach to the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State after weeks of failing to publicly back the campaign. Militants in northern Syria have advanced to within a few miles of […]