Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan is convinced that Russia did not make an arbitrary decision to cut its gas supplies to Europe.

Russia and Iran will discuss the creation of a transport-logistic hub in the Bandar Abbas port zone during a three-party meeting in Baku devoted to the development of the international transport corridor North-South, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday.

Flights were to resume from Aleppo Friday after repairs were carried out to Syria’s second largest airport following an Israeli air strike earlier this week.

Syria’s Aleppo airport reopened on Friday, with the first civilian flight landing in more than 72 hours, after repairs following an Israeli air strike earlier this week.

Russia’s Aerospace Forces have destroyed a base of the Jabhat Al-Nusra terrorist group (outlawed in Russia) in the Idlib governorate on Thursday, killing over 120 militants.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agrees with the problem stated by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that grain from Ukraine is flowing not to African countries as was initially proposed.

Russian airstrikes on Syria’s last major rebel bastion in the northwestern province of Idlib killed seven people and wounded 15 on Thursday.

Turkey set an all-time record in terms of export of goods to Russia in August.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said two of their fighters were killed and six jihadists arrested Thursday following clashes in a volatile Syria camp where a security operation is underway.

Russia and Turkey signed a contract on shipment of S-400 systems in 2017.