Chuck Hagel, speaking to troops in California, said the soldiers arrived in the area around Iraqi Kurdistan's capital, Arbil.

“The people of Armenia and Azerbaijan should know that this ongoing conflict doesn’t benefit their countries,” Warlick said.

They said fighters of the group captured the towns of Akhtarin and Turkmanbareh in the Aleppo countryside

On a quarterly basis, the economy contracted 1.7% in the second quarter after a 1.5% rise in the first three months.

Andriy Lysenko said the trucks should pass through a government-controlled border post and be accompanied by Red Cross officials.

“It could be that shooting will erupt again and we will again be firing at them," Moshe Yaalon said, visiting a navy base.