Thursday

July 23, 2015

Armed conflicts and attacks

China's People's Liberation Army conducts a series of military exercises simulating an attack on Taiwan's Presidential Office Building. (Focus Taiwan) (Quartz) (Wall Street Journal)

Spillover of the Syrian Civil War

Turkey scrambles fighter jets and Turkish tanks open fire on ISIS positions along the Syrian border following an exchange of fire which left one Turkish soldier dead and two injured. The clashes are the first direct combat between the Turkish military and ISIS forces. There are multiple reports of Turkish ground forces crossing the official border into Syria. (Telegraph)

Turkey agrees to allow the United States access to İncirlik Air Base, near the city of Adana (in close proximity to the Syrian border) for the US-led coalition forces' air strikes against ISIS. (Today's Zaman)

Business and economy

Pearson PLC agrees to sell Financial Times Group to Nikkei Inc. for £844 million. (BBC)

Greek government-debt crisis timeline

A majority in the Greek parliament votes to approve a second bailout reform package. (Euronews)