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…”

Heading to borders with the hope of crossing into Europe, refugees have faced police intervention by Greece.

Following a deadly attack on its soldiers in Syria, Turkey has offered refugees free passage to Europe via land and seas.

Turkey's government says it will no longer try to stop refugees from reaching Europe through land and sea.

NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg has said, “We urge an immediate return to the 2018 ceasefire. We call on Syria, Turkey and Russia to back UN efforts for a peaceful solution.”

The NetBlocks internet observatory has documented that access to social media has been blocked in Turkey following the attack on Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) in Syria’s Idlib. We have compiled the analyses…

The phone call was initiated by Turkey and both sides were ready to work together to avoid further escalation, Russia's Foreign Minister said.

In the wake of yesterday's airstrike on Turkey's soldiers in Syria, the ruling party's spokesperson said Turkey cannot stop refugees anymore.

High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell: “Ongoing escalation around Idlib needs to stop urgently. There is a risk of sliding into a major open international military confrontation.”

In the wake of an airstrike that claimed the lives of 33 soldiers in Syria’s Idlib, NATO has announced that they will hold an extraordinary meeting following Turkey’s request to make consultations about the situation in Syria.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and US Department of State have made statements about the airstrike in Syria’s Idlib that claimed the lives of 33 soldiers.

In the wake of racist attack in Hanau, 142 people have spoken to Germany’s Die Zeit newspaper about the discrimination and hate that they encounter in the country: “It is enough! Germany has a racism problem.”

A UN commission keeps searching for the enforced disappeared in Cyprus. However, the questions of families from the Rum and Turkish sides are still unanswered: “Who are the perpetrators?” Kerem Çiftçioğlu from Memory Center talks about the developments.

14 EU Foreign Ministers have released a joint op-ed on the recent escalation in Idlib. Making a call for a ceasefire, Ministers have also called on Russia “to continue negotiations with Turkey in order to de-escalate the dire situation in Idlib.”

Turkey has set up field hospitals near the border with Iran, which has become a new source for the virus, Minister Koca has informed.

The US Department of state has announced new sanctions for 13 entities and individuals over relations with Iran, Syria and North Korea.

Addressing the recent escalation in Syria’s Idlib, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has indicated that “the answer is a permanent ceasefire and UN-led negotiations under UN Security Council Resolution 2254."

Recent data show that there is a fivefold increase in the number of politically motivated right-wing extremists categorized as dangerous in Germany. In the wake of racist attack in Hanau, we have talked to Elisabeth Kimmerle, a journalist working on discrimination.

Seventeen of the 132 passengers on a Turkish Airlines are being treated as possible cases as they have higher-than-normal temperatures, according to authorities.