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NATO’s objective is to protect allies

Other News Materials 13 May 2015 20:49 (UTC +04:00)
NATO’s objective is to protect allies, said the Alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
NATO’s objective is to protect allies

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 13

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

NATO's objective is to protect allies, said the Alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in an interview with TRT Haber news channel May 13.

Stoltenberg addressed a meeting of foreign minister of NATO member countries hosted in Turkey's Antalya province.

Commenting on the advance of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" in Iraq, Stoltenberg said the military coalition formed against that organization is successfully continuing the fight against it.

He also said that all the NATO members are involved in the military coalition against the "Islamic State".

The "Islamic State" (IS, formerly ISIL or ISIS) penetrated Syria's territory in 2013. The organization said at the time it refused to take the oath of Al-Qaeda and declared "a holy war" against all groups and government forces in Syria.

Strengthening of the IS in Syria allowed it to return to Iraq, deploying military actions against government forces there.

In late June 2014, the IS announced the creation of the "Islamic Caliphate" on the territories under its control in Iraq and Syria. In turn, Iraqi authorities asked international community for help in fighting the IS.

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