ISIS threat puts Ankara on alert
Turkey, not wanting a repeat of a crisis situation similar to the one at the Tomb of Suleiman Shah in Syria, is evacuating its consulate in Mosul. While all of Turkey is focused on events in Lice and the flag lowering episode in Diyarbakir, the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) from Mosul — just across the border in Iraq and now under ISIS control — has put Ankara on alert. The organization that last year took over control of Syria’s Raqqa region and then four border crossings to Turkey, on Monday night [June 9] declared its full control of Mosul, a major Iraqi city.
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