Turkey has asked its allies for support in a joint ground operation in Syria.
Saudi Arabia announces its commitment to deploy commando troops to Syria in a Gulf-led coalition in a fight against terror groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda affiliates that are also deeply involved in the 5-year multi-sided war.
Germany will join France and several of its other allies in the mission to fight ISIS in Syria.
Belgium has joined France in deploying thousands of soldiers throughout its territory to increase security after the attack on Charlie Hebdo and a series of raids that resulted in gunfights and arrests of jihadists.
The White House has announced plans to send more than 1,000 troops to Iraq supplement the roughly 1,400 already in the country to advise the Iraqi military in its battle against the Islamic State.
