President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin calling the warring parties in Libya to a ceasefire was immediately accepted by the legitimate Tripoli government, while the belligerent Khalifa Haftar administration at first [ More … ]
Turkey strives to end the violence in both Idlib and Libya with a political solution, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Wednesday. “Libya is our neighbor through the sea and it is out of question [ More … ]
EU ready to support Berlin process for Libya peace, says top EU officials The European Union’s foreign policy chief and the head of bloc’s parliament Monday welcomed the cease-fire in Libya. “The announcement of a [ More … ]
More than 700,000 people have been displaced from Idlib governorate, northwestern Syria, over the past eight months as a result of the fighting between Syrian regime forces and opposition groups in the area. UN Deputy [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin will call for reaching cease-fire in Libya by midnight on Jan. 12, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday. Cavusoglu spoke following a bilateral meeting between [ More … ]
Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s comments come a month after the Libya-Turkey deal that seeks to create an exclusive economic zone. Greece‘s prime minister said in remarks published on Sunday that if Athens and Ankara cannot solve their [ More … ]
US President says Turkey is working to ensure civilians are not killed as Syrian forces, backed by allies, pound region US President Donald Trump has warned Syria, Russia and Iran against killing civilians as they [ More … ]
Turkish leader’s visit comes as Ankara moves to strike deals with Mediterranean nations Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Tunisia on a surprise visit for talks with his Tunisian counterpart, Kais Saied, his [ More … ]
Thousands of protesters marched in support of China’s Uighurs in Istanbul on Friday and voiced solidarity with Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil after the furore caused by his criticism of China’s policies toward the Muslim minority, [ More … ]
Kingdom reportedly said it would send ‘Pakistani workers back, will withdraw its $6bn deposited in SBP’! FO spokesperson says Pakistan did not participate in KL Summit to avoid possible division in Ummah!! By: Mian Abrar, [ More … ]
The US and Europe raise concerns about the escalation in Libya after reports of Russian mercenaries on the ground! Turkey’s parliament on Saturday approved a security and military cooperation deal signed with Libya’s internationally recognised [ More … ]
Unity of Islamic world is crucial in solving the Muslim communities’ problems and the quadripartite summit with Malaysia, Qatar and Iran shows the intention to achieve that end, Erdogan said Turkey will continue its cooperation [ More … ]
The UAE hired a US lobbying firm to convince Senators to impose sanctions on Turkey, according to the Anadolu Agency . The news agency said it had obtained an email sent by Charles Johnson, a [ More … ]
An email seen by Anadolu reveals a US-based firm called on legislators to impose sanctions on Turkey over Syria operation. A lobbying firm working on behalf of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been trying [ More … ]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution that recognizes the Armenian genocide century ago, a historic move that infuriated Turkey and dealt a blow to the already problematic ties between [ More … ]
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