U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford is scheduled to come to Turkey on July 31, according to diplomatic sources, private broadcaster CNN TÜRK has reported.

Fünf Jahre schon herrscht in Syrien Krieg. Das griechische Online-Portal Olympia.gr hat jetzt Fotos veröffentlicht, auf denen Orte in Aleppo vor und nach Ausbruch des Konfliktes gegenüber gestellt werden. Aleppo war vor dem Krieg die größte syrische Stadt, es ist eine der ältesten Städte der Welt und ihre Altstadt wurde von der UNESCO zum Weltkulturerbe erklärt.

Syrische Regierungstruppen haben am Donnerstag das Stadtviertel Bani Zaid in Aleppo nach schweren Gefechten von den Terroristen zurückerobert, wie die syrischen Staatsmedien melden.

Footage, some filmed by drone, captured Syrian government forces in action in the city. Syrian troops have begun clearing landmines in the newly captured district, with opposition fighters reportedly having fled the area or laid down their arms.

Votel said some officers with whom the U.S. had relationships have now been imprisoned for their role in the coup attempt. „I am concerned that it will impact the level of cooperation and collaboration that we have with Turkey,“ he said. Çavuşoğlu described the remarks as „absurd“ and underlined that „the Turkish military is not just composed of coup plotters dressed in uniforms.“

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Gen Votel had said on Thursday: „We have certainly had relationships with a lot of Turkish leaders – military leaders in particular. I am concerned about what the impact is on those relationships as we continue.“

President Erdogan said on Friday: „It‘s not up to you to make that decision. Who are you? Know your place! You are taking the side of coup plotters instead of thanking this state for defeating the coup attempt.“

“The U.S. general [Joseph Votel] stands on the coup plotters’ side with his words. He disclosed himself via his statements,” Erdoğan said during a visit to the Gölbaşı Special Operations Department in Ankara, where bombing by coup plotting soldiers killed scores of police officers.

“Is it up to you to decide on this? Who are you? Instead of thanking the state for repelling the coup attempt, you stand with the coup plotters. The coup plotter is in your country. You are nurturing him there; it’s out in the open,” he said, referring to the U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who lives in Pennsylvania and who is believed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government to have masterminded the failed coup attempt.

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„Die amerikanische Maschine soll auf Zypern gestartet sein. Die andere ist von einem saudischen Stützpunkt gestartet. Die Nato hat ja für Grenzverletzungen, wenn es denn hier überhaupt dazu kam, Regeln, welche Konsequenzen das hat. Das läuft gewöhnlich so ab, dass erst zivile Einrichtungen das grenzverletzende Flugzeug ansprechen und auf den Irrtum aufmerksam machen oder es zur Landung veranlassen. Wenn das nicht reicht, übernehmen militärische Einrichtungen, die in Friedenszeiten ein Flugzeug auch bestenfalls zur Landung zwingen. Was dort abgelaufen ist, hat in keinster Weise den international verbindlichen Regeln entsprochen. Man hat das russische Flugzeug runtergeholt, weil man es runterholen wollte.“

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One of the Pentagon’s current strategies in combating Islamic State is to “overwhelm them” with numerous operations simultaneously in Iraq and Syria, he said.

(29.7.2016) Vor der Incirlik Militärbasis in Adana, haben gestern über 1.000 Menschen gegen die US- und NATO-Streitkräfte sowie die Stationierung taktischer US-Atomwaffen protestiert. Die Demonstranten forderten die Schließung der Militärbasis. Einige von ihnen behaupteten, dass Kräfte des Stützpunktes den gescheiterten Militärputsch am 15. Juli unterstützt haben.

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Zur Unterstützung der internationalen Allianz gegen den so genannten islamischen Staat sind am 5. Januar 2016 insgesamt vier Tornados mit dem Aufklärungssystem „RecceLite“ aus Deutschland in die Türkei gestartet. Dort landeten sie planmäßig auf der NATO-Airbase in Incirlik.

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(4.12.2015)

Tens of German special forces troops entered the Syrian territory on Tuesday joining French and US troops that are participating in a military operation near the northern Syrian city of Manbij, Arab media reported.

“We have certainly had relationships with a lot of Turkish leaders — military leaders in particular. I am concerned about what the impact is on those relationships as we continue,” Gen. Joseph Votel said while speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, a think tank, in Colorado.

Many of the Turkish officers that are the key counterparts for U.S. counterterrorism efforts have been arrested or purged after a failed coup earlier this month.

This is the frank assessment of both the U.S. general in charge of the Middle East and South Asia, Joseph Votel, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.

The United States is concerned that the failed coup in Turkey could impact US military operations in the region, Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Gen. Joseph Votel said at the Aspen Security Forum on Thursday.

(28.7.2016) „No, I don‘t think it has changed their behavior,“ Gen. Joseph Votel said at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado. „I think it addresses a specific threat that existed, and I think it‘s probably been successful in addressing that or certainly at least putting it off for a number of years. But it has not necessarily changed the behavior that we see in Central Command.“

(28.7.2016) „I don‘t know if it‘s a ‚forever war;‘ define forever,“ Army Gen. Joseph Votel, who leads the United States Central Command, said during a Q&A at the Aspen Institute. „I think we have to be committed to this. I think this is a protracted conflict against these organizations. A successful operation in Mosul won‘t eliminate ISIL. They will go to the next version of ISIL. They will adapt and we will have to adapt.“

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Nach Angaben des Oberkommandos ist der von islamistischen Rebellen beherrschte Westteil der Millionenstadt Aleppo seit Mittwoch von der Außenwelt abgeschlossen, alle Nachschublinien sind unterbrochen. Das meldete am Donnerstag die staatliche syrische Nachrichtenagentur SANA.