Many alliance members hope the plan will be announced in Brussels next Thursday, when Mr Trump attends his first NATO summit. All 28 NATO allies are already part of this effort," the diplomat said, referring to a 68-nation US-led coalition against Islamic State that includes all NATO members. Both ruled out any combat role for NATO in Syria and Iraq. Diplomats said this could mean NATO using its surveillance planes over Syria, running command-and-control operations and providing air-to-air refuelling. "Trump goes home with a message that NATO is joining the coalition and NATO doesn't have to do anything extra, at least for now."

Source: Bangkok Post May 18, 2017 10:30 UTC