The ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran has significantly affected the tourism sector in the Kurdish province of Van in southeast Turkey as it borders with Iran. The city hosted 700,000 Iranian tourists last year. But after the conflict started last Friday, Van's tourism suffered a major blow. Tourism has stopped by 90 percent. Van's hotels are 75 percent empty.
Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), met on Thursday with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot in Erbil, where the two sides discussed ways to implement the January 29 ceasefire and integration agreement between the Kurdish-led forces and Damascus, while reaffirming their commitment to the joint fight against the Islamic State (ISIS).
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