Turkey, Syria, Jordan launch anti-ISIS ops center in Damascus: What to know
The coordination unit began operations on May 19 in Damascus as the Turkish president accused the SDF of stalling on an integration deal with Damascus.
ANKARA — Turkey, Jordan and Syria have established a joint coordination center in Damascus to combat the Islamic State, a high-level Turkish Defense Ministry official said on Thursday.
What happened: Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Jordan agreed in a meeting in Amman last month to set up a regional coalition against ISIS. But Iraq and Lebanon were not part of the center's announcement.
"Previously, a decision had been made by five countries to establish a Joint Operations Center to begin efforts to combat the terrorist organization ISIS,” the Turkish Defense Ministry official told journalists in Ankara, speaking on condition of customary anonymity.
The official added that the center, which was set up in Damascus upon request by the new Syrian government, began its work on May 19 with Turkish, Syrian and Jordanian officials.
