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US urges Turkey, YPG to step back

U.S. State Department spokesperson John Kirby has urged both Turkey and the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) to step back and to focus on tackling the "common threat" of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), after the Turkish artillery bombarded YPG targets in northern Syria on Feb. 13.

Saudi Arabia to deploy jets in Turkey's ?ncirlik amid debate over timing

Saudi Arabia is sending planes to the ?ncirlik Air Base in the southern Turkish province of Adana, where jets from the U.S.-led anti-ISIL coalition are already based, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has stated, amid reports on Feb. 14 that the jets have already arrived.

Key Bulgaria-Greece Checkpoint Remains Closed to Transit Trucks

The Bulgarian Interior Ministry has said that, as of 10:30 local time, the Kulata-Promachonas border crossing between Bulgaria and Greece is open to all traffic.

No information is available about the other major checkpoint at the Bulgarian-Greece border, Ilinden-Exochi, where movement of transit trucks has been restricted since 22:00 on Saturday.

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