NATO to join international coalition fighting Islamic State

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has affirmed that the alliance will join the international coalition fighting Islamic State &lpar;IS&rpar; &&num;8211&semi; but will not wage direct war against the extremists&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the wake of this week&&num;8217&semi;s suicide bomb attack at a concert in Manchester&comma; Nato leaders are keen to show that the alliance forged during the Cold War is responding to today&&num;8217&semi;s security threats as they meet in Brussels&period; The announcement is timed to coincide with US president Donald Trump&&num;8217&semi;s first appearance at a summit of the alliance&&num;8217&semi;s leaders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump has questioned the body&&num;8217&semi;s relevance and pushed members to do more to defend themselves&period; Mr Stoltenberg said joining the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition &&num;8220&semi;will send a strong political message of Nato&&num;8217&semi;s commitment to the fight against terrorism and also improve our coordination within the coalition&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But he underlined that &&num;8220&semi;it does not mean that Nato will engage in combat operations&&num;8221&semi;&period; All 28 Nato allies are individual members of the 68-nation anti-IS coalition&period; But some&comma; notably France and Germany&comma; have feared that Nato officially joining it might upset decision-making within the coalition&comma; or alienate Middle East countries taking part&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Stoltenberg said joining would send a strong political signal&period; As part of its efforts to respond to Mr Trump&&num;8217&semi;s demand to do more to fight terrorism&comma; Nato will also set up a counter-terrorism intelligence cell to improve information-sharing&period;It will notably focus on so-called foreign fighters who travel from Europe to train or fight with extremists in Iraq and Syria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After a working dinner at Thursday&&num;8217&semi;s summit&comma; the leaders are also set to announce the appointment of an anti-terror coordinator to oversee their efforts&comma; and increase the number of flight hours of a surveillance plane watching the skies over northern Iraq and Syria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another big item on the Nato agenda is Mr Trump&&num;8217&semi;s challenge to other countries to raise their military spending&period; Leaders will agree to submit annual action plans laying out how they plan to meet Nato&&num;8217&semi;s spending goals&period; The plans would also describe what kind of military equipment they intend to invest in&comma; 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