Turkish commissioned officer refused a medal of honor by the U.S. military Thursday over the Trump administration’s recent decision to provide PKK-affiliated Democratic Union Party’s (PYD) armed wing, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), with heavy weapons.
The crash happened on a hilly road and the bus plunged into a precipice after smashing through the crash barrier. The bus landed on a lower section of the road. An investigation is under way.
The International Bank of Azerbaijan, the largest bank of the country, is on the verge of collapse due to the currency deficit in the country, and is unable to pay foreign debt, and has launched negotiations with creditors on restructuring the debts.
Turkey’s Ambassador to Vatican Mehmet Paçacı announced that even the Pope cannot help Deniz Yücel, the arrested reporter of the German Die Welt newspaper in Turkey, Deutsche Welle reported. The Ambassador said that even “the Pope’s urge on pardoning the reporter won’t be of any use.”
According to Diken, the Mayor’s statement came after media reports that Erdogan will arrive in Brussels for the NATO summit 12-14 hours earlier than expected.
In an interview with Belarusian TV Channel ONT, Assad said any escalation attempt will be prevented by the military forces of Syria and Russia, with the support of Iran and Hezbollah.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, have been battling the militant group for weeks in Tabqa, some 40 km (25 miles) west of Raqqa, along the Euphrates River.
A high-level Turkish official told Hürriyet daily on Monday that Ankara plans to build a wall on its border with Iran to prevent Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants from entering the country from a camp in Iran.
The black-listed people are mostly from Russia (including dual and multiple citizenship holders) – 162 people, followed by 61 people from Germany, 47 from Italy, 44 from the US and 40 from France.
According to BBC the date of supply isn’t yet known. Currently the Kurdish forces are fighting ISIS for control of Tabqa, a city 50km from Raqqa.
