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Around 100 grandchildren of a Scottish soldier, who was injured in the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915, returned to the site of the battle ground to honor their grandfather, while also coming together with the descendants of a Turkish solider who had fought on the opposing side. 

Iran's president said on Nov. 11 that any resolution of the Syrian conflict must focus on the need for strong government in Damascus, and not only on the fate of President Bashar Assad, while the foreign ministers of Russia and the United States have talked on the phone ahead of the Vienna peace talks on Nov. 14.

As predicted, Russia started to feel the ugly face of the Syrian quandary. After a flashy entrance, Russian forces are settling in for a long haul and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) affiliates are biting them.

One-third of all suspects detained as alleged members of the Islamic State and Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Turkey since 2013 have been foreigners, according to police sources.

The police officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said a total of 2,545 suspects have been detained in anti-terror operations against ISIL, adding that of those, 810 have been foreign nationals.

The first six of 12 U.S. Air Force F-15 jet fighters have arrived at Adana's ?ncirlik Air Base to conduct combat air patrols in Turkish airspace at the request of its government, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook has said.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu said a ground forces operation in Syria could be possible but Turkey would not conduct such an operation alone, speaking in an interview with CNN International's Christiane Amanpour on Nov. 9. 

The inspection visit by Gen. Hulusi Akar, the Chief of Turkish General Staff, to Incirlik and Diyarbak?r on Nov.

More US troops could "absolutely" be deployed to Syria if Washington identifies more "capable local forces" as partners in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in an interview aired on Nov. 8.

Turkish General Staff Chief Gen. Hulusi Akar visited airbases in the southern province of Adana and the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r between Nov. 6 and 7, according to the Turkish General Staff.

Apart from consolidating popular legitimacy and injecting fresh blood into the bureaucracy, elections are often seen as an opportunity to enable policy revisions.