Turkey
Three Britons arrested at Turkish border
Greek police said on Feb. 14 they had arrested three heavily armed Britons near the border with Turkey where they were suspected of heading to join Kurdish forces fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists.
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Greek police arrest three Iraqi Kurds with guns, ammunition
Greek police arrested three Iraqi Kurds in two separate operations on suspicion they were trying to move a large number of guns and ammunition into Turkey, a police official said on Feb. 14.
PYD rejects Turkish demands, warns against intervention
The Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) on Feb. 14 rejected Turkish demands to withdraw from positions near the border, and warned that Syrians would resist any Turkish intervention in the country.
Nine PKK militants killed in Turkey's southeast: Army
A total of nine outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were killed on Feb. 13 in the southeastern provinces of ??rnak and Diyarbak?r, the Turkish General Staff has announced.
Three killed in house collapse in Turkey's southeast
Three people were killed on early Feb. 14 when a two-story house collapsed in a village in the southeastern province of Siirt.
The building, which housed 10 people from the same family, collapsed on early Feb. 14 for an unknown reason in Siirt's Ekmekçiler village.
Putin, Obama agree on cooperation to implement Syria agreement
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed to intensify diplomatic and other cooperation to implement an agreement on Syria struck at talks in Munich, the Kremlin said in a statement following phone talks between the two leaders on Feb. 14.
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.
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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.
Turkey denies arrival of Saudi warplanes at ?ncirlik air base
Turkish military sources have denied the arrival of Saudi warplanes at Turkey's ?ncirlik air base in the southeastern province of Adana to carry out missions against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Feb.14.
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.