Ankara urges not to link the accession process of Sweden and Finland to NATO with Turkey's purchase of US F-16 fighter jets, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Tuesday

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov confirmed at a meeting with Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Ayman Susan Moscow's readiness to help normalize relations between Damascus and Ankara on the principles of respect for Syrian sovereignty, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

The US Embassy in Turkey on Monday warned Americans of "possible imminent retaliatory attacks" on places frequented by Westerners in Istanbul