My friend and I drove along Syrian western coast up to the Turkish border and enjoyed the beautiful landscape, friendly people and good food. We also visited Aleppo and stayed in the famous Baron Hotel.

As to Turkey’s deployment to Iraqi border, Iraqi PM Haider Abadi has said “We do not want to fight Turkey. God forbid, even if we engage in war with them, the Turks will pay a heavy price. Whenever a country fights a neighboring country, there will be no winner, both will end up losing,"

Iraqi army has denied the claims that the Turkish army had joined the Mosul operation.

Stating that the peshmerga forces demanded support, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has noted that the Turkish forces in Bashiqa supported these forces against ISIS.

PYD co-Chair Salih Müslim has stated that Turkish Air Forces have been hitting areas resided by civilians in airstrikes and made other remarks on the Mosul operation, relations with Assad, and what had been going on in Aleppo.

Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Lavrov has declared that they are worried about the operations that Turkey launch against the YPG in northern Syria.

President Erdoğan has spoken of why Turkey is against the Mosul operation, warned Iran-backed forces reportedly to participate in the operation.

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government President Barzani has said that there won’t be a demographical change in Mosul in post-ISIS period.

President Erdoğan has said Turkey will participate in Mosul operation and as for Syria, Erdoğan told “Sorry but we will go into it and we’ve done it”.

Iraqi PM Abadi has responded to President Erdoğan, who said Turkish troops won’t leave Bashiqa, on Twitter: We will liberate our land through the determination of our men and not by video calls”.

Meeting of Erdoğan with Putin, who came to İstanbul for World Energy Congress started at 5:10 p.m. and lasted around 1 hour and 40 minutes.

The Russia’s Vice Minister of Defense Pankov has announced in his speech at the Federation Council that they will set up a permanent naval base in Syria’s city of Tartus.

Women’s Boat to Gaza initiative has announced that they have been surrounded by Israeli naval forces in international waters.

Iraq Coalition spokesperson Dorrian in his statement has said “Turkish troops in Iraqi lands are not deployed with an official approval by the Iraqi Government”. Iraq had also stated that Turkey’s presence in Bashiqa camp in Mosul was invasive.

Iraqi Council has decided that “Turkey is considered ‘invasive force’ and do what is necessary to take Turkey out of the Iraqi lands”. The council will apply to UN Security Council to make it happen.

An attacker trying to storm the Israeli Embassy with a knife has said in his first testimony, “I did it to stop the bloodshed in the Middle East”.

The 7-day truce that started on September 12, Monday in Syria has been extended for another 48 hours.

A truce plan for Syrian war prepared through joint efforts by the US and Russia to last 10 days came into effect as of yesterday at 7 p.m.

President Erdoğan and Russia’s Leader Putin have discussed the Syrian war and a truce in Aleppo, ahead of the Feast of Sacrifice.

Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu has stressed the importance of the Raqqa and Mosul operations. “If there is no ground operation it is not possible to destroy or even stop DAEŞ (ISIS) with airstrikes alone.”