Davutoglu added that Turkey and Germany agreed on a joint diplomatic initiative to stop the onslaught against Aleppo.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she’s “not just appalled but horrified” by the suffering caused by Russian bombing in Syria.
The latest gains by the Syrian government bring it to the closest point to the Turkish border since August 2013, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
“We are facing the most crucial scene in the Syrian tragedy”, Mohamed Wajih Juma, a Syrian opposition health official, told AFP at Oncupinar.
A Turkish aid official said refugees on the Syrian side were safe and we being given food.
“In particular, we will make a joint effort on the effective use of NATO’s observation and monitoring mechanisms on the border and in the Aegean”.
Merkel last visited Turkey in October and the two countries held bilateral consultations less than four weeks ago.
Now she worries about her only surviving son, who was wounded by a cluster bomb dropped by Russian Federation and hospitalized in the northern town of Azaz, his injuries not serious enough for Turkey to allow him to enter. Is it just us that must act with conscience?… Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurz said his country would not be able to take in this year the same amount of migrants – 90,000 – that they took in in 2015.
“Merkel pointed to the 3 billion euros the European Union already has promised to Turkey and pledged to get the money flowing quickly”.
Turkey, home 2.5 million Syrian refugees, says it has reached its capacity to absorb refugees but has indicated that it will continue to provide refuge.
Aleppo, Syria’s largest city before the war with 2 million people, has been divided for years into rebel and government-held sections.
On Monday, Moscow sharply criticised Ban, saying he had “practically” accused Russian Federation of torpedoing the talks.
A U.N.-led attempt to launch indirect talks between a government delegation and opposition representatives in Geneva was adjourned last week amid bickering.
A Russian- and Iranian-backed Assad victory in Aleppo could the collapse of the non-ISIS rebel force, not to mention a siege of Aleppo that would “eclipse the horrific sieges of Madaya and other stricken regions that have received the world’s (short-lived) attention”.
Many reported poor conditions, especially with the rain, and some even said they heard airstrikes near the camp.
The army confirmed Monday that construction was underway to create a second layer of fencing along sections of the border.
Kurtulmus’s remarks came during a press conference following a cabinet meeting. Considering how progressive European countries are, the situation must be really bad for these countries to start building fences like Americans do to keep illegal immigrants out.
By Konstantin Testorides in Skopje.
He is said to have told him: “We have treated you as a prince in Brussels”. However, thousands have continued to set sail for Europe.
At least 22 migrants drowned after their boat capsized in the Aegean sea off the Turkish coast on Monday, suggesting the exodus shows no sign of abating. Further south, another 11 people died in a separate boat accident, according to the private Dogan news agency.
More than 260,000 people have died in Syria’s almost five-year-old conflict, more than half the population has been displaced and hundreds of thousands have tried to reach Europe, sometimes paying with their lives making the risky Mediterranean Sea crossing.
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“The most important issue is that we implement the migration agenda with Turkey”, Peter Altmaier, Merkel’s chief of staff, said in an interview with Germany’s ARD television Sunday.
