Iran has conducted air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in eastern
Iraq in recent days, a Pentagon spokesman says.Rear Adm John Kirby said the US, which has conducted its own air strikes in Iraq, was not co-coordinating with Iran.
Without confirming the air strikes directly, a top Iranian official also dismissed talk of co-operation.
Representatives of the US-led international coalition against IS are gathering at Nato headquarters in Brussels for a summit.
The talks chaired by US Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss military strategy as well as ways to stem the flow of foreign fighters joining IS and how to counter its propaganda, officials told AFP news agency.
The ministers meeting will discuss ways to send "counter-messages" to de-legitimise IS, which has been adept at using social media to promote its cause, an unnamed senior US state department official told AFP.
"As we are able to de-legitimise [IS], we are able to turn populations against [IS], reduce their recruiting basis," he added.
Source:BBC
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