A top official in the Arab bloc isolating Qatar has expressed disappointment about a speech made by the Qatari Emir on Friday. A top official in the Arab bloc isolating Qatar has expressed disappointment about [ More … ]
After years of talking via intermediaries, Netanyahu and Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan met discreetly following the former’s invitation, entering the hotel via an underground parking lot and special service elevator. Israeli Prime Minister [ More … ]
Abu Dhabi is last stop on tour of four Gulf nations that also took Le Drian to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called on Sunday for a “de-escalation” of [ More … ]
Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Monday that he plans to travel to the United States next week to discuss the impact of a rift with Gulf Arab states on its [ More … ]
Qatar’s foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani called on the UK to condemn the blockade imposed on the Gulf state, after landing in London on Monday. Qatar’s foreign minister arrived in London on Monday, [ More … ]
Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Gandour faced a wave of calls by legislators to declare Sudan’s support to Qatar which is facing huge diplomatic and economic pressures from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain [ More … ]
We may reconsider decision in future if we see ‘positive steps’ from Germany, says Turkish foreign minister Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has made it clear that Turkey will not open its Incirlik airbase to German [ More … ]
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki met with his Chinese counterpart Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Thursday, during which time Wang reiterated the Chinese government’s commitment to the establishment of a Palestinian state, calling [ More … ]
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Thursday that Turkey would submit its last proposal to the European Union after the upcoming April 16 referendum, aiming to end the visa liberalization issue. Çavuşoğlu underlined that Turkey [ More … ]
Western interference in April 16 referendum has backfired in favor of the Yes vote, says Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Turkey’s foreign minister has accused Western media of biased and inaccurate coverage of the referendum [ More … ]
Turkey will strike the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the military wing of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), if they do not withdraw from Manbij, a former bastion of the Islamic State of Iraq [ More … ]
The Secretary General of the ministry of Foreign Affairs Hassane Rabehi was received Friday, in Ankara, by the Turkish Ahmet Yildiz, with whom he conducted an overall review of the relations between Algeria and Turkey [ More … ]
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said that a new page in U.S.-Turkey relations is being opened with the new administration at the White House. “We are opening a new page with the U.S. administration; [ More … ]
Turkish foreign minister has ‘fruitful meeting’ with US counterpart in Bonn Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu voiced optimism on Thursday for closer cooperation with the U.S., following his first face-to-face meeting with new U.S. Secretary [ More … ]
Upcoming Syria peace talks in Kazakh capital will be a “difficult” and “long” process, Russian experts say. However, no solution for Syria is possible without Turkey, says an analyst. Some Russian experts believe the upcoming intra-Syrian [ More … ]
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