General Staff briefs Gül, Erdogan on cross-border ops

Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit yesterday gave separate briefings to President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the ongoing cross-border operation into northern Iraq. The briefings at General Staff headquarters lasted about 40 minutes. In related news, US Ambassador to Ankara Ross Wilson yesterday met with Ahmet Davutoglu, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's foreign policy adviser, at the Prime Ministry.