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Turkish foreign minister Melet Cavusoglu said that Ankara is calling upon the US, its official ally in NATO, to cease any and all support to Syrian Kurdish forces and militias.

Turkey says it does not seek to fight the Syrian Army under Assad. 

“I found that since World War II, Israel has used assassination and targeted-killing more than any other country in the West, in many cases endangering the lives of civilians”

The announcement...called for Koreans to "defuse military tensions" and create "a peaceful atmosphere" on the peninsula...

"The readout issued by the White House does not accurately reflect the content of President Erdogan’s phone call with President Trump."

"In Malmö, where a fifth of the 340,000 inhabitants are under 18, children as young as 14 roam the streets with Kalashnikov assault rifles and bulletproof vests."

"There is a major change in US military strategy. On Friday, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said terrorism is no longer the No. 1 priority... Maintaining a military advantage over China and Russia is now top priority."

"Our competitive edge has eroded in every domain of warfare – air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace... And it is continually eroding."

"The most ridiculous plan that I've heard yet...This is insane...ISIS rose because we overthrew Saddam Hussein and then we armed ISIS."

Flag poles used as weapons as an entire airport terminal is overtaken by mass violence between Kurds and Turks...

As the world marches closer to war, countries in Europe are rushing to educate and prepare their civilian populations for military conflict with Russia...

"The animus against Syria runs deep, to include questionable claims from generally hostile sources..."

"Sanctions are just as much a collective punishment as area bombing in East Aleppo, Raqqa and Mosul. They may even kill more people than the bombs and shells because they go on for years and their effect is cumulative..."

"Whoever conducted the attacks, Russia ultimately bears responsibility..."

"It had happened during the 1965 and the 1971 wars. Such large number of mortar bombs had not since fallen in Arnia..."

Two months ago, we reported that Hawaii was restoring an air raid warning system that hadn't been operational since the Cold War...

Turkish officials have turned on Ankara’s allies, insinuating that the US & France in particular have been providing massive military support to Kurdish YPG in Syria... "Anyone who opposes Turkey’s operation in northern Syria’s Afrin region is siding with terrorists and will be treated accordingly."

"... the US and its NATO subordinates persist in a Cold War mindset in order to fulfill ambitions of unipolar control... putting the world at greater risk of a nuclear catastrophe than at any time during the former Cold War."

"There is a growing consensus... that the national security agencies have become completely politicized over the past seventeen years and are now pursuing selfish agendas that actually endanger what remains of American democracy..."

"Our jets took off and started bombing. And now, the ground operation is underway. Now we see how the YPG ... are fleeing in Afrin," President Tayyip Erdogan said. "We will chase them. God willing, we will complete this operation very quickly."