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As technical talks have been concluded, Turkey and the United States air forces can strike jihadists in Syria soon, Turkish Foreign Minister has said, but the White House has quickly denied it.

Turkey and the United States will soon launch "comprehensive" air operations to flush Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters from a zone in northern Syria bordering Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu told Reuters on Aug. 24. 

Away from the front lines, another Syria still lives, featuring wedding parties and people strolling the streets - even if the reminders of death and fighting are never very far away.

More than 1,500 schools have been damaged or destroyed as a result of the conflict in Iraq's troubled Anbar province alone, a spokesman said on August 3.
 

The U.S. political battle over the Iran nuclear agreement has gone Hollywood, thanks to a new video strongly backing the deal featuring boldface names from Jack Black and Morgan Freeman to former spy Valerie Plame and Jordan's Queen Noor.

The power vacuum resulting from the atrocities of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime and a lack of international response allowed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to flourish in the region, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu told CNN International's Christiane Amanpour on July 27. 

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on July 26 the army had been forced to give up areas in order to hold onto more important ones in its fight with insurgents, and the scale of the war meant the military faced a manpower shortage.

Israeli police entered one of Islam's holiest places -- annexed east Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque --- on Sunday to tackle suspected Palestinian rioters, police said.  

The compound, which is also revered by Jews, is one of the biggest flashpoints in the Middle East. Israel routinely imposes age restrictions on Muslim worshippers.    

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed that Turkey has agreed to let the U.S. use the ?ncirlik air base in southern Turkey for military operations against militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), ?within a certain framework.?

U.S. President Barack Obama has said that his country has been working with Turkey and Jordan to stop the flow of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants into Syria.