Department of State

The United States is acting as a mediator to ease the tension between Turkey and Iraq, which erupted due to the presence of Turkish troops in northern Iraq ahead of a possible operation to take Mosul back from jihadists, a high-ranking U.S. State Department official has said. 

Russia on Oct. 12 said it would hold Syria talks with the United States and regional powers, including Turkey, this weekend, the first meeting on the conflict since Washington froze bilateral cease-fire negotiations.

Washington has reiterated its support for Iraq's territorial sovereignty amid a spat between Turkey and Iraq before an operation on Mosul to liberate it from jihadists. "As we have repeatedly made clear, the United States supports Iraqi unity and sovereignty," the U.S. State Department said Oct. 11.

The Russian military on Oct. 6 strongly warned the United States against striking the Syrian army, noting that its air defense weapons in Syria stand ready to fend off any attack.
The statement underlined high tensions between Moscow and Washington after the collapse of a U.S.-Russia-brokered Syria truce and the Syrian army's offensive on Aleppo backed by Russian warplanes.

Israel on Oct. 5 intercepted a boat carrying women activists seeking to break the country's decade-long blockade of the Gaza Strip, saying it was boarded without incident and taken ashore.

Hillary Clinton is known for shaking her head in approval while listening to someone addressing her. Could a video released during her press conference in Pennsylvania suggest that something else is going on? While listening to a reporter asking a question, Clinton turned to her right and her head can been seen slightly shaking up and down.

BELGRADE - US Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has denied allegations that she joked about carrying out a drone strike against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in 2010.

The United States broke off talks with Russia on Oct. 3 to implement a cease-fire agreement in Syria, accusing Moscow of not living up to its commitments as part of a Sept. 9 deal to halt the violence and deliver humanitarian aid to besieged communities.

BELGRADE - Candidate for the President of the United States Hillary Clinton demanded, when she was the Secretary of State, organization of drone attack on Julian Assange, according to documents published by Wikileaks.

According to "True Pandit", conveyed by Wikileaks, Clinton was under pressure to "silence" Assange after the publication of confidential diplomatic information.

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).