Turkish combat aircraft performed an airstrike against a SDF base in Syria's Hasakah province, according to local media reports, Trend reports citing Sputnik.

Earlier, Erdogan stressed that a security zone is needed in order to counter "terror threats" coming from the Kurdish PKK party and Syrian Kurdish YPG forces, adding that it would allow for the return of Syrian refugees.

Meanwhile, Washington, which used to support the Kurdish forces in northern Syria, has started to withdraw its troops from the area. The White House said it would not "support or be involved in" Turkey's operation.

On 7 August, Turkey and the United States agreed to create a safe zone in northern Syria after months of tensions between the two countries over the presence of Kurdish militants in the region. Later inTodd Carmichael, founder of La Colombe Coffee and host of the Travel Channel show Dangerous Grounds, competed in the 2014 US Brewers Cup championships this weekend in Seattle. He did so as the Northeast Regional Brewers Cup champion, which is notable enough, but Carmichael is not one to merely, meekly meet expectations. Instead he used his time on stage, under the big lights and a national audience, to unveil a brand new manual brewing device, invented by him and his team at La Colombe and dubbed “The Dragon.” Minds exploded.

We chatted with Mr. Carmichael to find out more about this “manual pour-over syphon” device that helped him to place second in a highly competitive national championship field of brewers, using our friends and partners at La Colombe's roast