Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the Turks to be ready for conscription, during a speech in the town of Kahramanmaras, raising questions about the course of the country’s military operations in Syria.

FYROM President Gjorge Ivanov expressed his gratitude to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Turkey’s support regarding the name dispute with Greece.

The US Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey R. Pyatt will travel to Ankara, Turkey from 15 – 16 February to meet with the Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell and other regional Ambassadors to discuss the US energy agenda, among other things.