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Erdogan Defies EU Sanctions Threat over Cyprus Drilling

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that he would not give in to EU demands to stop oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean around Cyprus. Brussels has repeatedly warned Turkey to halt drilling off the coast of EU member Cyprus, and announced on Monday that a framework ...

November 12, 2019

Middle East

Turkey Says It Captured Sister of ISIL’s Baghdadi

Turkish forces in northern Syria have detained a sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the ISIL Takfiri group who was allegedly killed in a US raid, a senior Turkish official said Tuesday. “Turkey has captured Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s sister” in a raid near the town of Azaz, the ...

November 5, 2019

Middle East

Turkey-Russia Joint Patrols in Syria to Start Friday: Erdogan

Turkish-Russian joint patrols will start in Syria on Friday, the Turkey’s president said Wednesday, a day after a deadline for the withdrawal of Syrian Kurdish fighters expired under a deal between Ankara and Moscow. “We will start the joint work on the ground on Friday, namely we are starting the ...

October 30, 2019

Middle East

Turkey Summons US Envoy over ‘Armenian Genocide’ Recognition

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has summoned US Ambassador David Satterfield in the wake of American lawmakers recognizing and condemning the “Armenian genocide” in 1915, Anadolu reported on Wednesday. Commenting on the motion, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called it a “shameful decision” claiming that legislators were “exploiting history in politics”. The ...

October 30, 2019

Middle East

Erdogan: Russia Says Kurdish Forces Have Left Syria Border Area

Russia has informed Turkey that Kurdish fighters in Syria have completed their withdrawal from areas near the border, in accordance with a deal agreed between Ankara and Moscow, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday. “Russia informed our competent authorities of the terror groups’ complete withdrawal from there,” Erdogan said in ...

October 29, 2019

Middle East

NATO Slams Turkey over Syria Operation, But No Punishment

Turkey’s military operation in Syria was expected to spark “forceful” discussion at a NATO defense ministers’ meeting Thursday but Ankara risks little from its allies because of its strategic position, diplomats said. The issue dominated the two-day gathering in Brussels, with Turkey isolated among the 29 member states because of ...

October 25, 2019

Middle East

Turkish army tanks drive towards to the border in Karkamis on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, August 25, 2016. REUTERS

Turkish Army Says Deadline on Syria Expires Tuesday

The deadline for the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from areas in northeastern Syria expires at 1900 GMT Tuesday, a Turkish military source said, as part of a 120-hour suspension agreed between Ankara and Washington. “It started at 10pm Thursday… so it finishes at 10pm Tuesday,” the source said Monday. Following ...

October 21, 2019

Middle East

Erdogan Accuses the West of ‘Standing by Terrorists’ in Syria

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday lashed out at Western states, accusing them of “standing by terrorists” in failing to support Turkey’s operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters. “Can you imagine the whole West stood by the terrorists and all attacked us including NATO member states and European Union countries?” Erdogan ...

October 21, 2019

Middle East

Erdogan Vows to ‘Crush the Heads’ of Kurdish Forces if No Pullout: AFP

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned that Turkey would “crush the heads” of Kurdish forces if they did not withdraw from a proposed safe zone along the border under a US-brokered deal. If the pullout does not happen by Tuesday evening, “we will start where we left off and ...

October 19, 2019

Middle East

Erdogan Threatens to Restart Syria Operation Tuesday if Deal Not Respected

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday warned that Ankara would restart its operation against Kurdish forces in Syria on Tuesday evening if they do not withdraw from a “safe zone”. After US Vice President Mike Pence came to Ankara for talks with Erdogan on Thursday, the NATO allies agreed Turkey ...

October 18, 2019