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"The US specialists have already begun to arrive in Turkey as part of our agreements with the United States on the establishment of a joint operations centre for the creation of a safe zone in northern Syria. It is a good start. We will discuss the next step, but we will not allow it to become a second Manbij", Cavusoglu told reporters. The foreign minister added that Turkey and the United States had some disagreements concerning the safe zone and were negotiating the matter further. "If we fail to reach an agreement, we have our own plans in this case", Cavusoglu said. The statement comes after the US and Turkish troops who will work at a coordination centre for the joint operations and planned security zone in northern Syria arrived on 12 August in the Turkish border province of Sanliurfa. Earlier this month, Ankara and Washington reached a long-promised agreement on a safe zone along Syria's border with Turkey, which views the Kurdish militants operating in Syria's … [Read more...] about Turkey to Prevent US From Turning Safe Zone in Northern Syria Into Second Manbij – Ankara

ANKARA Sputnik) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Angela Merkel and Martin Schulz, who are the main candidates to be elected as the German chancellor at the upcoming election, agreeing that Berlin should seek to end talks on Ankara's EU accession. "I'm not saying you're a Nazi, a fascist. I am explaining the incident… This incident is Nazism. This is fascism," Erdogan said. He also called European politicians who declare the need to stop negotiations on Turkey's accession to the European Union immoral. "The use of the anti-Turkish card by European politicians in their internal political struggle worries us a lot. They go to bed and think about Turkey and Erdogan. What did Erdogan do to you? Turkey does not officially refuse its membership in the EU. We want EU bodies to be more sincere in their programs on Turkey. Speaking about the termination … [Read more...] about ‘Nazism’: Erdogan Lashes Out at Merkel, Schulz for ‘Anti-Turkish’ Comments

Britain’s Prince Harry on Thursday kicked off a visit to Botswana, travelling solo while his wife Meghan Markle and their four-month-old son Archie remained behind in South Africa. The royals are on a 10-day visit to southern Africa, their first official tour as a family. American fans eagerly expect Meghan and Harry’s baby(Opens in a new browser tab) In Botswana, Harry joined 200 schoolchildren on Thursday morning as they planted trees in the Chobe Forest Reserve. The Duke of Sussex planted a baobab, a tree that is “severely under threat across Africa,” according to an Instagram post that was accompanied by a photo of Harry kneeling next to a seedling and high-fiving one of the children. The seeds were grown by the children in recycled milk tins, using fertilised soil from an elephant orphanage, the post said. ”If you look after nature, it will look after you,” Harry was quoted as saying. Later Thursday, he is scheduled to visit an HIV project … [Read more...] about Prince Harry kicks off Botswana visit with tree planting

Attacks by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham militants in Idlib will be crushed, Turkey has been notified about that, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “Jointly with our Turkish colleagues, in order to stop regular violations by these terrorists of the cessation of hostilities regime, although it does not extend to them, we have made it clear that if they carry out attacks from this zone, they will be severely suppressed. Throughout this year, these provocations have not stopped", Lavrov said at a press conference, held after his talks with Ghanaian counterpart, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS or the "Organisation for the Liberation of the Levant”) is an alliance of militant groups active in Syria. The group, formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra* is a part of this broader alliance. He added that in all cases, Turkish colleagues were warned that "we would respond, and this practice can't stop, because the agreement on Idlib does not provide for the … [Read more...] about Turkey Was Notified Attacks by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham in Syria’s Idlib Would be Crushed – Lavrov

Nigerians have taken to the social media to chide Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) for not taking a decisive response against its founder, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo just as Foursquare suspended, Dr Boniface following the release of BBC’s Africa Eye documentary video. Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo was accused by Timi Dakolo’s wife Busola Fatoyinbo to have raped her when she was 18 years old. Dr Boniface, a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos, Akoka (UNILAG) was revealed in a documentary by BBC titled: “‘Sex for grades’: Undercover in West African universities” making sensual advances towards an undercover journalist who posed as a 17-year-old girl in search of admission into the institution. Boniface is a pastor of a local Foursquare Gospel Church and following the widespread of the news, the church released a press statement stating the lecturer has been asked to step-down. Nigerians comparing the response of the two … [Read more...] about #SexForGrades: Nigerians chide COZA for not reacting like Foursquare