On Monday morning, Turkish press reported that Turkey had granted the anti-IS coalition permission to launch air strikes from Incirlik Air Base in the east of the country.
Turkey’s foreign minister has said that the West cannot expect it to lead a military ground operation against the Islamic State in Syria alone.
The US-led coalition have led a series of fresh air strikes on Islamic State (IS) positions surrounding the Kurdish city of Kobane.
Kurdish YPG fighters are making a last stand of defence against militants form the Islamic State, who have broken Kurdish defences and entered Kobane after a three week siege.
David Cameron has said that the UK policy is that “we won’t pay ransoms to terrorists who kidnap our citizens”, but can there ever be a time when paying the ransom is the best course of action?