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Last week in Turkey 474 people were arrested, because they have recommended the banned extremist Turkish Kurdish PKK or the main party of the Kurds in Syria, the PYD.

According to the Turkish Foreign Minister, relations between Ankara and Washington have reached a 'very critical point'. 'Or we improve the relationships or our relationships are completely disrupted. There is no alternative, 'Mevlüt Cavusoglu said in Istanbul Monday.

Israel and Iran have for the first time openly and directly confronted each other. The two countries have been running a cat-and-mouse game in Syria for years, but with the military actions of last weekend that shadow war has come under the spotlight. A life-threatening escalation threatens.

The United States and Russia have responded with concern to the confrontation between Israel and Syria. Russian President Putin asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a telephone conversation to prevent escalation, reports Russian state media.

A Turkish army helicopter was shot down in the southeastern Hatay province during actions against Kurdish militias in nearby Syria. The Hürriyet newspaper reported that President Erdogan said in an application on Saturday that unfortunately such incidents occur in a war and that the perpetrators will pay a high price.

In Syrian and Russian air strikes, 230 civilians were killed last week. That is what the High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said on Saturday. According to him, it is one of the biggest violent outbreaks in the Syrian conflict.

Israel has carried out attacks on Iranian targets in Syria. In addition, an F-16 fighter plane was shot from the air by the Syrian anti-aircraft, reports the Israeli army. The pilots were able to leave the plane in time and are safe. According to local media, the F-16 crashed in the north of Israel.

The Syrian region of East Ghouta has been through the bloodiest week since 2015. Over the past four days, at least 229 people have been killed by attacks from government forces, reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. This is based on local sources.

Two British fighters of terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) who are responsible for the torture and decapitation of Western hostages in Syria have been arrested by Kurdish forces. That confirms two government officials from the United States.

The regime of Bashar al-Assad accuses the United States of war crimes after a bloody confrontation that exposed the many dangers of the current struggle in Syria. Now that Islamic State has fallen away as a common enemy, there is high tension on the whole country, which is currently going through the deadliest week since time.

A Moroccan man who stabbed two people in Finland last August and wounded nine, saw himself as a fighter of IS terror group. He came to his action because he was angry about US-led attacks in Syria, the Finnish police reported Wednesday.

Turkey on Tuesday defended the military operation of the Turkish army in the northern Syrian Afrin region at NATO. The Netherlands, among others, question the Turkish invasion. The Dutch House of Representatives had asked Minster Halbe Zijlstra of Foreign Affairs to press for an explanation.

Certainly one Turkish soldier was killed in Syria by a rocket and mortar attack. Five others were injured, reports the Turkish army. A civilian in the unit also sustained injuries.

The United States is 'seriously troubled' \u0026 # x27; about reports that the Syrian government has used chlorine gas in the Idlib province. The ministry of foreign affairs reported this on Monday after emergency services reported earlier on the day that people had died again by poison gas.

Turkish forces have established a military observation post on Monday, south-west of Aleppo, near al-Eis. The army of the Erdogan government has penetrated deeper into Syria after an agreement with Russia and Iran on reducing the violence in the region. However, there is nothing to notice about de-escalation.

The Russian pilot who was shot down in Syria then blew himself up with a grenade. That is what the Russian Ministry of Defense says, according to news agency TASS, that the major was surrounded by insurgents after his landing.

Turkish president Erdogan visits Pope Francis on Monday. The Turkish leader stepped out of a car on a deserted St. Peter's Square. Surrounding streets were closed for safety reasons.

In actions against terrorism, Turkey has arrested 82 people who are members of the Islamic State (IS) terror group. Turkish state media report that 77 suspects are foreigners.

North Korea earned nearly 200 million dollars (160 million euros) last year in exporting banned goods. This is shown by a report from the United Nations that was handed to the Security Council.

Due to ongoing rocket attacks from Syria, a Turkish resident lost his life on Friday. The projectiles arrived Friday in districts Reyhanli and Kilis along the border with Syria.

According to senior government officials, the US government is prepared to start new military actions against Syria if necessary to prevent President Bashar al-Assad from using chemical weapons.

Some 7,000 Syrian refugees can stay in the United States for a year and a half. To this end, the government decided in Washington.

From our correspondent

During the peace conference for Syria, held in Sochi on the initiative of the Russians, an agreement was reached on the formation of a constitutional committee. In Geneva, he is working on the renewal of the Syrian constitution. That is what TASS news agency drew from Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov's mouth.

This year, 2.9 billion euros is needed to provide life-saving humanitarian aid to 48 million children in need. It concerns children who are victims of conflicts, natural disasters and other emergency situations in 51 countries. That is what UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, says in a report.

In the fight against critics, the Turkish government has now turned its back on doctors. At least eleven board members of the TTB doctors' association are on the nomination to be arrested because they have turned against the military operation of Turkey in Syria.

Researchers have for the first time established a link between the great attack with the poison gas sarin in Ghouta and the chemical weapons stock of Syria. During the attack in Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, hundreds of people died in 2013.

Via the globally popular running and cycling app Strava, users can share their locations, but an interactive map of the app suddenly endangers the safety of American soldiers and other military personnel. The 'Global Heatmap' shows locations of military bases in conflict areas such as Syria and Iraq and this was discovered by a student.

Syrian rebels attacked an army post near Damascus and killed at least 13 soldiers. This is a new offensive unleashed against the troops of the Assad government, said a spokesman for the insurgents Sunday. The attack was deployed from East Ghouta, a stronghold near the capital that is in the hands of Islamic resistance movements.

Angelina Jolie, the special envoy of the UNHCR refugee organization, has called on the world community to dedicate more money to the reception of Syrian refugees.