Kerry: Turkey coup will not affect anti-Islamic State efforts

Published July 17, 2016 1:51pm ET



Secretary of State John Kerry said the attempted military coup in Turkey will not impact the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State militants in neighboring Syria.

“I talked three times yesterday with the prime minister of Turkey. They assured me there would be no interruption of our counter-ISIL efforts,” Kerry told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday. “They have absolutely assured us of their commitment to the fight against Daesh.”

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