The Pentagon resumed air strikes from a Turkish air base that were suspended after a failed military coup d’etat. (File photo) The Pentagon resumed air strikes from a Turkish air base that were suspended after a failed military coup d’etat. (File photo)The US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group has resumed air strikes from a Turkish air base that were suspended after a failed military coup d’etat, the Pentagon said on Sunday. “As a result, counter-ISIL coalition air operations at all air bases in Turkey have resumed,” he added, using an acronym for the IS group. Base operations have not been affected.”The Turkish authorities on Sunday imposed a security lockdown at the Incirlik air base in the southern province of Adana used by US and other coalition forces in the fight against jihadists in Syria and Iraq.

Source: Indian Express July 17, 2016 15:09 UTC