Turkey to Vote on Expanding War Powers

October 2, 2014

ISTANBUL—Turkey’s parliament prepared Thursday to vote to expand government authority to order cross-border military operations in Syria and Iraq, as Islamic State militants pressed their offensive on a strategic Syrian border town.

The Turkish vote—expected after hours of debate starting Thursday at 3 p.m. local time—is almost certain to renew existing mandates authorizing Turkey’s military to make incursions into Syria and Iraq.

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