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| Turkey action against IS in Syria 'unrealistic' | |
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| Turkey's foreign minister says it cannot be expected to lead a ground operation against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria on its own. | |
| Mevlut Cavusoglu also called for the creation of a no-fly zone over its border with Syria after talks in Ankara with new Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg. | |
| Turkey is under intense pressure to do more to help Kurdish forces fighting IS in Kobane on the Syria-Turkey border. | |
| Activists say IS now controls about a third of Kobane after fierce fighting. | |
| Monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, quoting "reliable sources", said IS was advancing towards the centre of the town from eastern districts. | |
| Earlier, a Kurdish leader in Kobane said IS had entered two more districts overnight, bringing in heavy weapons. | |
| Mr Cavusoglu was holding talks with Mr Stoltenberg and US envoys on possible Turkish action against IS. | |
| "It is not realistic to expect Turkey to conduct a ground operation on its own," he told a news conference. | |
| "We are holding talks. Once there is a common decision, Turkey will not hold back from playing its part." | |
| The US is leading an international coalition against IS after the group seized swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq, which both share a border with Turkey. | |
| Turkey remains wary of getting involved, partly because it is concerned about arming the Kurdish forces who are fighting the militants. Turkey has fought a long civil war with its Kurdish minority. |