Exercise North Thunder

The purpose of the exercise was to promote the level of operational readiness

Saudi Arabia is sending planes to the ?ncirlik Air Base in the southern Turkish province of Adana, where jets from the U.S.-led anti-ISIL coalition are already based, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has stated, amid reports on Feb. 14 that the jets have already arrived.

Turkish military sources have denied the arrival of Saudi warplanes at Turkey's ?ncirlik air base in the southeastern province of Adana to carry out missions against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Feb.14.

Turkey and Saudi Arabia will hold joint military drills as part of a decision to strategically cooperate against common threats, sources have told daily Hürriyet.