MAKKAH -- Head of the Kuwaiti Hajj Mission Farid Emadi praised the efforts exerted by members of the mission for their labours in service of Kuwaiti pilgrims this year.
ANKARA -- Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced that full operational capacity for the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems would be tested in April 2020, local media reported.
ANKARA -- An American delegation arrived in Turkey ahead of the opening of a joint operation center for a planned safe zone in northeast Syria, as agreed upon by both countries, the Turkish Defense Ministry said.
PARIS -- The French Foreign Ministry rejected public criticism of the decision to transfer French so-called Jihadists to Iraq for trial instead of bringing them home to France.
LONDON -- US National Security Advisor John Bolton said Britain would sign a free trade agreement with the US once it leaves the European Union (EU), due on October 31. (end) bs