Turkish-Russian ties, full scale storm of friendship
BY: İLNUR ÇEVIK* Turkey and Russia are now calling the shots in the region as the U.S. struggles with a new policy of trying to stay away from conflicts while the mistakes it makes in [ More … ]
BY: İLNUR ÇEVIK* Turkey and Russia are now calling the shots in the region as the U.S. struggles with a new policy of trying to stay away from conflicts while the mistakes it makes in [ More … ]
– Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus says Turkey’s presence in Iraq’s Bashiqa is ‘legitimate’ – Turkey will continue its presence in Iraq’s Bashiqa as long as needed, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Wednesday, according [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s speech yesterday contained statements signaling a deep change. Erdoğan, who particularly targets the reactions from Iraq, was actually indicating a radical change in Turkey’s security policies, while outlining [ More … ]
– Egyptian spokesman confirms products beginning to arrive – Saudi Aramco resumed supplying refined oil to Egypt one day after the Kingdom’s oil giant reportedly suspended oil products to its neighbor, an Egyptian official said Tuesday, reported [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* We were exposed to a heavy terrorist attack yesterday. We lost 18 lives to martyrdom, 10 of them soldiers. There is no doubt that this PKK attack was more than a terrorist [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s officials are meeting investors this week to gauge appetite for the country’s first international bond, a potential multibillion-dollar issue aimed at strengthening the kingdom’s finances strained by low oil prices, reported The Wall [ More … ]
Israeli Forces targeted Saturday afternoon a small flying object with a camera after crossing the eastern borders of Gaza, Israeli media sources claimed. The sources said that Israeli forces sighted a suspicious object in the [ More … ]
Hamas Movement called Saturday for respecting election rules, renewing its total rejection of any attempts of manipulation in the election regulations. In a brief statement, the Movement rejected any attempts to modify the electoral law [ More … ]
A Palestinian youth and two Israelis were killed in an anti- shooting attack in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning. An Israeli occupation policeman and a 60-year-old settler were killed and five injured after a Palestinian [ More … ]
Head of Hamas’s political bureau Khaled Mishaal has said that the Palestinian people will uphold the path of resistance and struggle against the Israeli occupation until they liberate Jerusalem, the Aqsa Mosque and the prisoners, [ More … ]
The European Union (EU) expressed deep concern over Israel’s plans to construct 98 new housing units in the northern West Bank. The spokesperson for the European Union strongly condemned Israel’s plans to construct 98 new [ More … ]
– Turkish forces in northern Iraq are largely based in Bashiqa, a training camp northeast of Mosul – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had a phone conversation on Sunday, [ More … ]
The main points on the agenda of Italian Minister Gentiloni’s visit to Lebanon are bilateral political, economic and cooperation and regional crises, in addition to inaugurating the new pavilion of the National Museum of Beirut, [ More … ]
– 50-truck convoy departed from Hatay to reach Aleppo – Turkey’s Humanitarian Relief Foundation, or IHH, and the Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services, RAF have sent 250 tons of flour to war-torn Syria, the IHH [ More … ]
– Speaking to Anadolu Agency, head of Muslim Scholars’ Union decries ‘ferocity’ of Syrian regime and its allies – Muslims around the world should come to the aid of their brothers and sisters in the [ More … ]
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