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The article reports that the Turkey Armed Forces has launched an attack against the Islamic State terrorist organization in Syria leaving the cooperation between North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partners such as the U.S. to break down at the senior levels. Topics include the operation's alignment, the warning of the U.S. on its decline to provide air support to Turkey, and the accusation of Turkey against the Syrian Kurdish militia for being an extension of Kurdish separatist group.

The article informs that the details of a training program has been released by Turkish military for Kurdish peshmerga fighters which it has been running in Iraq. It is noted that statement on the training program came soon after the deployment of around 150 Turkish troops to replace training forces in Mosul, northern Iraq. It is noted that more than 2,500 peshmerga, including high-ranking officers, have taken the training.

The article informs that humanitarian aid have been delivered by Turkish Red Crescent over the weekend to some 300 Turkmen families in Tuz Khormato, Iraq. It is noted that numerous homes in the town were damaged due to fighting between Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Turkmen forces fighting under the umbrella of the Shia Al-Hashd al-Shaabi militia.

The article reports on the replacement of Kurdish Iraqi fighters combating Islamist jihadists in Kobane in 2014, according to the Turkish Armed Forces. Topics covered include the use by a new group of the Turkish soil to travel to the Syrian town and the announcement made by the Kurdistan Regional Government on the replacements for its Peshmerga forces fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

The article looks at Turkey's actual and potential role in the war in Syria, including the struggle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). It reports on remarks by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoðlu on the country's willingness to participate in the fight against ISIL but not by sending troops into Syria and on its allowing Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga armed forces to enter Syria through Turkish territory.

The article discusses the statement released by the Turkish General Staff on October 24, 2014 to clarify the newspaper reports about the passage of Kurdish peshmerga forces through Turkey to the Syrian town of Kobani.

The article reports that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu has stated during a press conference held on October 20, 2014 that Turkey has been assisting the peshmerga forces from the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to enter the Syrian border town of Kobani in order to fight jihadists belonging the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). He also asserted that Turkey is also fully cooperating with the international coalition led by the U.S. to fight ISIL.