Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that a joint Turkish-Iranian operation against Kurdish militants was “always on the agenda”, a week after Tehran’s top armed forces commander visited Ankara for rare talks. Turkey has [ More … ]
Qatar and Turkey have staged joint military exercises near Doha, according to local media. It comes after Turkey’s parliament fast-tracked legislation on June 7 to allow hundreds of troops to be deployed to a military [ More … ]
The UN has accused the UAE of supplying military aircraft to Khalifa Haftar in violation of a UN arms embargo Days after he announced taking Libya’s second city from militants, Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar met [ More … ]
Sudan’s Vice-President Hassabo Mohamed Abdel-Rahman Tuesday met with Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen Hassen on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, said the official news agency SUNA. According to the [ More … ]
Iraqi Prime Minister, Haidar Al-Abadi, said on Saturday that his planned visit to Kuwait aims at boosting relations between the two countries. Speaking at a press conference, Al-Abadi stressed that his country’s relations with the [ More … ]
The Gaza Ministry of Interior and Internal Security recommended in a statement on Tuesday evening a series of new and additional procedures “to enhance the state of security at the southern borders with Egypt.” The [ More … ]
The spying techniques used by Gülenists in collecting intelligence through illegal wiretapping and other secret means suggest they were operating with the cooperation of multiple secret services under strong foreign support, according to a National [ More … ]
Meetings between Erdogan, EU officials during NATO summit held in constructive atmosphere: European Commission chief European Commission chief spokesman Margaritis Schinas on Monday called for continued cooperation between Turkey and the European Union, according to [ More … ]
In an interview with the Spanish news website “El Español”, Abdelhak Khiame, the Director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), has warned about the danger posed by jihadists returning from zones of conflicts. [ More … ]
Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez Serraj has told a visiting Russian delegation, headed by Moscow’s deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov, he is keen to sign economic cooperation agreements that could make use [ More … ]
In the coming years, Turkey and U.S. can deepen cooperation in the energy sector, US Secretary of Energy says Turkey and the U.S. will continue to build on their successful energy cooperation as the U.S. [ More … ]
Turkish minister praises ‘encouraging’ US strikes on Syrian regime after chemical attack The U.S. and Turkey stressed cooperation between the two allies during a meeting Thursday of American and Turkish defense ministers. Defense Secretary James [ More … ]
Algeria and Ethiopia were working to take the economic cooperation to the “level of excellence,” Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ramtane Lamamra said Wednesday. Following a meeting with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu, Lamamra said [ More … ]
The Eastern Mediterranean is currently loaded with security challenges. Failed states, mass migration and terrorism afflict the region. Amidst this turmoil, however, a golden opportunity exists to resolve one issue that has eluded a lasting [ More … ]
Iran would join Turkey and Russia as an ‘official’ guarantor of the cease-fire, Kazakh deputy foreign minister says Turkey, Russia and Iran have decided to bolster cooperation in Syria, Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Akylbek Kamaldinov [ More … ]
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