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US Defence Secretary Ash Carter spoke at a press conference at Joint Base Andrews, Washington DC on Wednesday to share the progress of the anti-ISIL coalition talks held the same day. He reiterated that the anti-IS campaign's primary focus was the downfall of Mosul and Raqqa but stressed that the rebuilding and governance of the territory was also a significant strategic priority.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called on his supporters to get smart and tough, during a rally in Clairsville, Ohio, on Tuesday. Trump's remarks came in the wake of Tuesday's bomb attack in Istanbul Ataturk airport that reportedly killed an estimated 36 people.
The German foreign office has urged its citizens in Turkey to avoid public spaces, following the explosion in Istanbul Tuesday. The warning it doesn't seem to affect German travelers.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said to Turkish officials that all those involved in last week's failed coup attempt "will be purged and suffer the consequences that they deserve", during a statement alongside Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, in Ankara, on Tuesday. His comments come as officials announced that over 15,000 education staff had been suspended, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government continues to purge its ranks of opponents following Friday’s failed coup.
Mark Toner, deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, said on Tuesday that "it's absurd to think that United States was somehow complicit or anyway connected" to Friday's failed coup in Turkey.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini held a joint press conference in Brussels on Monday, in which Kerry responded to the attempted coup in Turkey.
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