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Germany has ruled out giving Turkey unfiltered access to imagery gathered by its Tornado fighter jets operating out of the İncirlik Air Base in southern Turkey as part of a broader fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the German Defense Ministry said, according to a report on German website Bild.de on Jan. 31. 

Turkey does not want to be the one to escalate tension with Greece but also will not "bow to any fait accompli," Defense Minister Fikri Işık told the Hürriyet Daily News on Feb. 1.

The United States has provided an alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) with armored vehicles for the first time, a U.S. official and a spokesman for the anti-jihadist force stated on Jan. 31.

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to limit the provision of visas to the citizens of seven Muslim countries is a strategic step.

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to limit the provision of visas to the citizens of seven Muslim countries is a strategic step.

A U.S.-backed coalition of Syrian Kurdish Arab fighters fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria has received U.S. armored vehicles for the first time and a promise of new American support, a coalition spokesman said on Jan. 31.

According to an announcement made by the Greek government, the country will have its own Space Agency. The objective, of course, is not to start any independent…space exploration program.

NATO is of extreme importance to Bulgaria and Sofia backs all defense and deterrence effort of the alliance, President Rumen Radev has said.

Radev has made the remark during a visit to the NATO headquarter in Brussels, on the second day of his first foreign trip as head of state.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and European Parliament President Antonio Tajani met on Monday evening as part of Radev's visit to Brussels that continues Tuesday.

Radev's press office quotes Tajani as saying Bulgaria meets all requirements to join the Schengen area without border control, but the decision has to be taken with consensus from all members.

According to a statement from the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Jan. 29 and convinced him on a project to establish safe zones in Syria and Yemen, two countries on Trump's controversial recent ban list.

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