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Turkey Cannot Confirm IS Video of Alleged Soldiers' Killings

by Associated Press

   ANKARA --

   A government official says Turkey has no information to confirm a video
   released by the Islamic State group that purportedly shows two Turkish
   soldiers being burned alive.
   However, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus on Tuesday warned
   journalists and social media users not to share the alleged video,
   saying it served terror purposes to "demoralize the Turkish public.''
   Kurtulmus says: "there is no confirmed information from the Turkish
   Armed Forces or the National Defense Ministry concerning this video.''
   Turkey restricted access to social media websites for several hours
   last week after the release of the video, which purports to show the
   killing of two soldiers captured in northern Syria.
   Turkey sent ground troops into Syria in August to support Syrian
   opposition forces trying to clear a border area of IS militants.