Three people have been arrested in connection with the killing of a Syrian journalist in southern Turkey. Naji al-Jarf, the editor of Syrian pro-opposition magazine Hinta, died after being shot in the street in the city of Gaziantep in December.
Earlier last month, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutglu promised to grant legal status to the 'cemevis' as the place of worship for the Alevi Muslims. However, Religious Affair Directorate President Mehmet Gormez recently expressed it as a 'red line'.
Russia on Sunday warned Turkey to stop staging what it called provocations against its forces in or near Syria after one of its warships fired warning shots at a Turkish vessel in the Aegean to avoid a collision.
Islamic State militants have made more than $500 million trading oil with significant volumes sold to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and some finding its way to Turkey, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Thursday.
