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The Turkish game in the Middle East continues to be unclear. As we know, the September 11 meeting in Jeddah between the foreign ministers of the US, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, plus the Gulf monarchies, ended with a declared intention to "uproot" ISIL. Shortly before that, on another meeting in Ankara hosted by Turkish PM Davutoglu it was decided taht Turkey would not participate with ground troops or direct military operations against ISIL in Iraq. In the meantime, the Turks announced that they'd be giving intel and logistic support to the new US-led coalition. However, the exact parameters of this support remained unclear. Which made John Kerry and then still secretary of defense Chuck Hagel attend the Jeddah meeting in order to get some clarifications.

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