Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has announced the number of new Covid-19 cases in Turkey as 12. The total number of coronavirus cases has increased to 18 in the country.

While the Ministry of Interior has ordered the temporary closure of all bars and nightclubs in all 81 provinces in Turkey as of 10 a.m. today, flights from nine countries have been suspended as of this midnight.

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A group of lawyers was in Edirne to make observations on the refugees who have been trying to cross into Greece.

In response to President Erdoğan’s remarks that “the US seems to be softening its stance on the S-400s”, Assistant to the US Secretary of Defense Hoffman has said, “Turkey is not going to receive a Patriot battery unless it returns the S-400.”

While the Chancellor criticized Turkey's recent move to open its borders to Europe, she said that cooperation with Ankara is important.

Speaking at a joint press conference following his meeting with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg in Brussels, President Erdoğan has said, “No European country can afford to remain indifferent to the conflicts and the humanitarian tragedy in Syria.”

Indicating that they are evaluating the requests of the government of Turkey from the US, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said, “We are working to see how we can mitigate the humanitarian crisis on the ground in Idlib and the southern parts of Turkey.”

The agreement urges to "cease all military actions along the line of contact in the Idlib de-escalation area starting from 00:01 of March 6, 2020."

The ministers met in Brussels for emergency talks after Turkey's move to open its borders for refugees.

President Erdoğan has paid a visit to Moscow to discuss the recent escalation in northwestern Syria.

"Turkey's operation in Idlib is being carried out within the framework of the right to self-defense," the presidential spokesperson told US diplomats.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a statement regarding Turkey’s decision of not stopping refugees trying to leave the country for Europe and Greece’s reaction of suspending access to the asylum system for a month.

Visiting a refugee camp in Hatay province, US Representative for Syria James Jeffrey has referred to a possible US provision of Patriot missile systems to Turkey. “We are not working on a specific military program”, Jeffrey has said.

Sergey Lavrov, the Foreign Minister of Russia, has said, “We fully understand the complexity of the migrant problem for the EU, but we cannot help solve migration problems by ending the fight against terrorism.”

Following Greece’s plans to temporarily suspend the registration of asylum requests, Amnesty International has released a statement and said, “People who are seeking asylum in Greece should be helped, not treated as criminals or a security threat."

As right-wing extremists have set up barricades on the road leading to the Moria camp in Lesbos Island of Greece, refugees have to spend the night on the beach.

Posed a question on whether the US will also give air support to Turkey in Syria's Idlib, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has answered, “No”.

Following Turkey’s downing of two aircraft of Syrian army, the airspace over Idlib has been shut down. While Russia's Defense Ministry says that it cannot guarantee the security of Turkey’s aircraft, Putin says “they do not plan to go to war with anyone.”

“Refugees cannot return to Turkey, they cannot set their foot on Lesbos. Some of them are just waiting in their boats off the shore. They have been stuck…”