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The Greek on economic matters, headed by Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is expected to depart for the annual IMF meeting in Washington, Wednesday. The highly anticipated conference, which will also be attended by all Eurozone Ministers, is expected to clarify the stance of the Fund on the Greek bailout program.

Pennsylvania-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, believed to have orchestrated Turkey's failed July 15 coup attempt, is planning to flee from the U.S. in order to avoid being extradited, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has claimed.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Oct. 2 urged Islamic nations to unite in solidarity against a newly passed bill in the U.S. that allows families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for their losses. 
In an interview with the Saudi Arabia-based TV station Rotana, Erdoğan said "despicable developments" were being formed against the Islamic world.

The United Nations is "a burden on humanity" due to its "unfair structure" and decision-making power, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said in a speech in Ankara, also taking the opportunity to slam the U.S. and the EU.

The United Nations is "a burden on humanity" due to its "unfair structure" and decision-making power, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said in a speech in Ankara, also taking the opportunity to slam the U.S. and the EU.

Syrian rebels backed by Turkey and a U.S.-led coalition are closing in on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-held village of Dabiq, the site of an apocalyptic prophesy central to the militant group's ideology, while 15 Ankara-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters have been killed in the past one day during clashes with the jihadists as part of the ongoing Euphrates Shield operatio

Greece is facing the spectre of reliving the economic drama of 2015, when the country suffered a liquidity suffocation, after an anonymous European Commission source revealed to Bloomberg, Friday, that the IMF would not participate in the Greek bailout program before the 2017 German elections.

Washington has made an offer to Ankara in which the United States will permit the establishment of a safe zone - something Turkey has been demanding for years - in exchange for Turkey not fighting Syrian Kurdish forces. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed the United States for the "inconsistency and disjointedness" of its policies on the Middle East, as one part of the Obama administration continues to insist on allying with Syria's Democratic Union Party (PYD), an organization that Ankara regards as an associate of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).  

Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveiled a home-built drone that they said was capable of carrying bombs, state media reported on Oct. 1, in what appeared to be another copy of a reconnaissance U.S. drone that Iran captured five years ago. 

The drone, called Saegheh, or lightning, was unveiled at an expo showcasing the latest achievements by the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace arm.