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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday that U.S. will use “boots on the ground” to take back the cities Mosul and Raqqa and fight ISIS militants.

“We need to destroy them in those two places, and I’d like to get on with that as soon as possible,” Mr. Carter, speaking from Davos, Switzerland, said in an interview on CNBC.

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, dubbed U.N. Women, has expressed its deepest condolences for Turkey's leading businessman Mustafa Koç, who passed away a day before his scheduled attendance at the initiative's meeting in Davos on Jan. 22. 

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, dubbed U.N. Women, has expressed its deepest condolences for Turkey's leading businessman Mustafa Koç, who passed away a day before his scheduled attendance at the initiative's meeting in Davos on Jan. 22. 

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with ECB president Mario Draghi at Davos on Friday and they both agreed that the first program review must be concluded as soon as possible.

They also discussed the course of the Greek program and the reforms needed.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has commended the two heads of the island of Cyprus for their "efforts and leadership" in peace talks on the divided island, adding that significant progress had been made in the negotiations. 

It is too early for Turkey to abandon its use of a wide interest rate corridor in setting monetary policy, Central Bank Gov. Erdem Ba?ç? said on Jan. 21, batting back investor hopes the bank would soon simplify its system of using multiple rates. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed hope towards the normalization of relations with Turkey, saying they were in talks with Turkey to restore ties.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu met with heads of the world's largest companies at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20. 

Davuto?lu expressed his appreciation for international companies' interests and their connections with Turkey.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged continued dialogue between Iraq and Turkey to resolve concerns over Turkey's presence at a training camp in the Bashiqa region in northern Iraq, during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Jan. 21. 

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and IMF Chief Christine Lagarde met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum at Davos on Thursday. The meeting lasted for one and a half hours and was viewed as an effort to strengthen ties between Greece and the International Monetary Fund.