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The United States is mulling over starting the much-anticipated Raqqa operation to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) immediately after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's first in-person meeting with President Donald Trump in mid-May, amid reports that the White House may give a green light for providing weapons to the Syrian Kurds in a more direct way. 

"We know what we will do when the time comes. We may, all of a sudden, go there overnight," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said last week about the Sinjar and Karaçok operations conducted by the Turkish Air Forces. 

"We know what we will do when the time comes. We may, all of a sudden, go there overnight," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said last week about the Sinjar and Karaçok operations conducted by the Turkish Air Forces. 

High-level visits play an important role in international relations. When a head of state or a prime minister pays an official visit to a country, it is believed to be a significant facilitator for giving new momentum to bilateral relations.

Unable to change the course of events in Syria, where he is increasingly up against the U.S. and Russia, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has decided on a high-stake disruptive game aimed at trying to secure Turkey's interests.

In the wake of the recent ethnically motivated clashes in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and the political changes in Albania, Greece is keeping a wary eye on developments in both neighboring countries.

The name Angelos Klonis does not probably ring a bell to many people. But when you place a face to that name, you just might get hit by that moment of revelation. Angelos was the famous American hero featured on Life magazine’s cover during WW2. It is that rugged face of a man, looking alert with his cigarette hanging from his lip and rifle from his shoulder.

U.S.-led strikes aimed against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have "unintentionally" killed 352 civilians since the offensive began in 2014, according to the U.S. military.

The US marines are considered by most people as the toughest military unit in the world. Besides the strenuous mental and psychological training they undergo, these “supermen” also undertake an extremely harsh physical course. Just check out this video to see how only those with top level fortitude succeed as marines. The thing is the man following the marine workout only has one limb!!

In what sounded like a softened position from his past tone, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov on Monday said the problems blocking the formation of a new government could be overcome if the new majority in parliament presented strong guarantees for the preservation of the country's unitary character.