The Turkish government says contrary to some reports, it has not backed down on its demand that its NATO partners recognize the YPG terror group as a security threat to Turkey.

Turkey and Libya signed an agreement laying out their respective maritime jurisdictions in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Turkey has said that the memorandum is in line with international law. However, it has drawn criticism from Greece, Greek-administered Cyprus, Egypt and even the US. So will the deal have ramifications? Plus, Turkey placed a $700,000 bounty on former Palestinian official Mohammed Dahlan, who’s accused of conspiring with FETO to orchestrate the failed coup in 2016. But who is he, and what does his past reveal?

Ankara considers Mohammed Dahlan a mercenary for the United Arab Emirates and has placed a $700,000 bounty on him. Dahlan is suspected of transferring funds to FETO, which was responsible for the failed coup of 2016. So, who exactly is Dahlan and will the arrest warrant sour already tense relations between Turkey and the UAE?

Demonstrators gathered in central London on Tuesday as NATO leaders prepared to hold a summit meeting just outside the British capital. The protesters vented their anger at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump. Anti-Erdogan supporters carried banners calling for a ban on selling arms to Turkey, in protest at its incursion into northern Syria to attack Syrian Kurdish fighters.

The French government will summon the Turkish envoy in Paris for talks after what it termed "insults" by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who accused Emmanuel Macron of suffering "brain death", the president's office said Friday.

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