* American officials said on Sunday that Turkey had agreed to let coalition forces use its military bases to launch attacks against ISIS. But the Turks deny [Al Arabiya] that this agreement encompasses the use of the Incirlik airbase and seem to have a smaller...
* Turkey’s refusal to step in before a bloodbath likely to happen in Kobani, a Syrian town besieged by ISIS [Deutche Welle], has been met with deadly protests locally, and heavy [USA Today] criticism [National Review] in the US. Not so fast, says Chris Kilford...
* Israel’s defense exports dropped [Globes] by almost $1B to $6.5B in 2013. Still better than 2011, but lower than 2009-2010 too. For all the talk about Iron Dome, it’s not necessarily meeting requirements from other countries and has been sold [Arutz...
* Reuters: riots in Turkey kill 19 over failure to aid besieged Syrian Kurds. This conflict is getting increasingly regional. * The Guardian describes the hi-tech media jihad conducted by ISIS: “Isis’s global media operation appears to have two key...
* ISIS has reportedly gained control [Reuters] of part of Ayn al-Arab/Kobani [CNN], a Syrian town near Turkey that Kurdish forces have been defending for weeks. * The jihadists are also gaining ground in the Anbar province west of Bagdhad: McClatchy | Institute for...
