Meeting in Brussels, which just emerged from a virtual lockdown prompted by terror threats, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and other top diplomats discussed ways to intensify the campaign in Syria against Islamic State extremists and calm tensions between Turkey and Russia after Ankara shot down a Russian warplane that it believed crossed its border.
The meetings took place as Germany approved plans to commit up to 1,200 soldiers for non-combat roles in support of the anti-IS coalition and a day before a British vote on expanding airstrikes against the group.
Kerry and Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski discussed a recent …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
