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The leader of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), whose military wing is planning an operation to capture Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) with the support of the U.S.-led anti-ISIL coalition, has been denied a visa to the United States, following a similar decision in 2015.

Turkey's Religious Affairs (Diyanet) Foundation plans to repair dozens of mosques in Syria that have been heavily damaged by the country's ongoing war, according to the head of foundation.        

Mustafa Tutkun told Anadolu Agency on April 23 that the state-run foundation was planning to construct and repair 66 mosques in cooperation with the Prime Ministry.        

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has clarified earlier remarks about sending "15,000 refugees to Europe each month," saying he was only referring to "irregular migrants" who already try to reach other countries by sea. 

The Turkish army has established a temporary base in a strategically important point of the newly captured al-Bab, located in northern Syria. 

A second group of Syrian police officers trained in Turkey as part of a joint initiative by Turkish forces and Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions has started to return to Syria.

Turkey's Euphrates Shield operation into Syria has delivered a major blow to the revenues of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or DAESH, according to a report by the London-based International Center for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) and leading consultant group Ernst and Young (EY).

Turkey's views on Syria are being listened to thanks to the ongoing Euphrates Shield Operation, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık has said, adding that the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party's (PYD) plan to unite its cantons have been prevented. 

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık said that Turkey's say on Syria was being listened to thanks to the ongoing Euphrates Shield operation and that the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party's (PYD) plan to unite cantons had been excluded. 

Turkey plans to carry out rehabilitation works in war-torn areas in Syria and will build a logistics warehouse in the Syrian town of al-Rai amid budget difficulties, Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak has said. 

Turkish troops will not remain in Syria once the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is defeated and they will leave the lands to their "true owners," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, while vowing to advance the ongoing Euphrates Shield operation to Raqqa after al-Bab.