ANKARA - Turkish and U.S. delegates are discussing since Tuesday the threat posed by the Islamic State (IS)  in Syria and Iraq, local Daily News reported on Wednesday. Turkey reinforced its military presence at the Turkish-Syrian border last week,

accompanied by local media reports of a possible Turkish intervention in Syria. The U.S. delegation, including President Obama’s special envoys in the fight against IS, Gen. John Allen and Christine Wormuth, undersecretary of defense policy, are holding talks with Turkish officials headed by Turkey’s Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu, according to the report.

Washington urged Ankara to take strong action against IS militants, including the use of Incirlik Airbase for the coalition forces’ military operations. Turkey is hesitant to allow U.S. military aircraft’s use of its Incirlik Airbase to launch airstrikes into Syria, before an agreement is declared and a no-fly zone and safe havens are available in Syria so that Syrian rebels would be protected from regime forces.(Xinhua)