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White House still seeking coalition in Mideast war

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Published September 14, 2014 6:33pm ET
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White House still seeking coalition in Mideast war
In this Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the media in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey is the big Muslim power that sits atop raging conflicts in Iraq and Syria, so it might be expected to take a leading role in the NATO coalition announced this month to take on the Islamic State group. Instead it told allies that it would stay quietly behind the scenes, keeping its soldiers out of combat operations and even declining to allow NATO to use its bases or territories to launch air attacks. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) | Burhan Ozbilici

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Sunday it will find countries willing to send combat troops to fight Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq, but it’s too early to identify them.

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