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c. Syria borders Turkey to the South. Civil war has raged for more than three years in Syria on Turkey's southern border. Islamic State forces in Syria had threatened to destroy the tomb of Suleyman Shah, who was grandfather of the founder of the Turkish Ottoman empire, Osman I.
B. The Kurds' Peshmerga arguably has been the most effective force fighting Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. About 40 million Kurds inhabit an area spanning adjacent parts of modern-day Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. The largest concentration of Kurds is in southeast Turkey. About 18 percent of Turkey's population is Kurdish.
A. Ankara is Turkey's capital, and Istanbul is its largest city. Kurdish militants have warned that peace negotiations with Turkey could be failing. Kurdish rebels fought 30 years for greater autonomy in Turkey. Turkey had objected to U.S. military aid to the Kurds fighting the Islamic State, saying it was worried the arms could eventually be turned against Turkish forces.
D. Islamic State militants have been recruiting fighters in a power struggle with Taliban leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Egypt recently bombed Islamic State forces in neighboring Libya. And, newspapers reported last week that intelligence officials said Islamic State militants had infiltrated Turkey and were plotting attacks.