President Donald Trump said a U.S. "armada" was heading toward the Gulf and that Washington was watching Iran closely, even after downplaying the prospect of imminent military action and saying Tehran appeared interested in talks.

Ukrainian, U.S. and Russian officials will hold security talks in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, the Kremlin said, following a meeting of top U.S. negotiators with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on a U.S.-drafted plan to end the Ukraine war.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Jan. 22 that the newly launched “Board of Peace” would prove its worth as it moves from declarations to concrete steps, particularly on humanitarian access to Gaza.

Syria said early Friday that government forces had begun transferring Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from a prison in the north where they had been holding ISIL terror group detainees, as part of a weekend agreement.

Discussions are underway with South Korea, the United States and China regarding the construction of nuclear power plants in Sinop and Thrace, Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar said.