This is the second “siege” taken amid rumors of a second coup attempt. Turkish troops entered and exited the base. Rumors are the hot news in the ME and acted on as reliable.
Not exactly breaking news since it’s THEIR base.
Exactly. Sure wish people would stop going to the click bait sites. The Turks are pretty effective about protecting the base perimeter, since its their base. They did a good job of rolling up terrorists when I was there, and keeping demonstrations away from us and our operations when I was there running security for the day shift. The assets are safe, whatever may be there right now. You can bet their security perimeter has been expanded to take into account ISIS trying to do something to the parked aircraft. My experience was their intel was impeccable. Hence, why I believe there’s more to the “coup” than appears, like many do. Interesting times.