NATO is making a coalition against IS

NATO becomes a member of the coalition fighting in Syria and Iraq against the terrorist movement IS.

The US-led coalition has more than sixty countries, including all NATO member states. NATO's membership as an organization is seen primarily in Europe as a symbolic step.

Germany and France, for example, do not really exist because the military alliance is aimed at self-defense. But because US President Trump wants to make NATO more active against terrorism, they have resigned. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said earlier that a fight for the alliance was not discussed.