Russian and Turkish forces have conducted their 42nd joint patrol around the Kobani region in northern Syria, reports North Press. On Monday, Russian military police conducted a joint patrol with Turkish forces in the western countryside of Kobani, the 42nd joint patrol between the two forces in the Kobani region.

Without Moscow’s participation, the treaty loses its rationale. NATO members could start conducting flights over each other’s territory or shift their flight quotas to non-NATO state parties, but in both cases, the treaty would be reduced to a symbolic function.

Laschet’s personal preferences, if they even exist, will have to contend with a number of other factors shaping German foreign policy. Germany’s ruling party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has chosen a new leader: Armin Laschet, the prime minister of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This fall, he will most …