Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to come and visit Israel's capital as it marks the fiftieth anniversary since the city's reunification following the June 1967 War.
The statement says the two leaders are expected to discuss ways to cooperate in the fight against terrorism.
President Donald Trump will meet with his Turkish counterpart in Washington next week, the White House announced Wednesday.
The referendum win in April, provided the Turkish leader with new executive powers, which was criticized and people feared that he is leading Turkey toward a dictatorship, according to CBS News.
Turkey believes the Kurdish militants, known as YPG, are an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party, which the US, Turkey, and Europe consider a terror group.
Oil extends gains as USA crude stocks fall for 5th straight week
Vitol, the world's largest oil trading house, moved a record 7 million barrels per day of crude and oil products previous year . Still, Fyfe said stockpiles will probably keep falling even with "a bit of slippage" in OPEC compliance.
Agence France Presse reported, quoting diplomatic sources as saying that, senior Israeli official telephoned Turkey's ambassador on Tuesday to express indignation over Erdogan's accusation that Israel is a state of apartheid and anti-Muslim discrimination.
The White House said last month that Trump's phone call to Erdogan congratulating him on the referendum's passage was not an endorsement of the measure.
The SDF will reportedly receive small arms and equipment for the fight to retake Raqqa from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. That drew harsh criticism that he was turning a blind eye to leaders who rule through autocracy.
"We want to encourage democracy", spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at the time.
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