Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Turkey
Putin opens Russian market to Turkish ‘partners’
In a showcase of economic solidarity and a sign of further consolidating their ties, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Monday the opening of his country’s market to Turkish “partners” during a joint press conference with his counterpart Tayyip Erdogan.
Putin arrives in Turkey, meets with Erdogan
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Istanbul on Monday, an official said, on his first trip to Turkey following a crisis sparked by the shooting down of a Russian war plane over Syria last November, Agence France-Presse reported. He is
Truck bomb attack on soldiers kills 18 in Turkey
Ten Turkish soldiers and eight civilians were killed on Sunday when suspected Kurdish militants detonated a five-ton truck bomb that ripped through a checkpoint near a military outpost in the country’s southeast, the prime minister said. Another 27 people, including
Turkish police capture PKK militant suspected over Istanbul bombing
Turkish police have captured a Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant whom they suspect carried out a “motorbike bomb” attack on Thursday that wounded 10 people near an Istanbul police station, the state-run Anadolu Agency said on Friday. It said a
Turkey, Europe in joint effort against JASTA: Minister
The Turkish government is working with Saudi Arabia to examine measures to face the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), that was voted in by the US Congress last month, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper has reported. In an interview with
Blast in Istanbul caused by ‘motorbike bomb’, wounds five
An explosion near an Istanbul police station on Thursday was caused by a “motorcycle bomb blast” and wounded five people, one of them seriously, provincial governor Vasip Sahin wrote on Twitter. Reports say the cause of the blast near the
Upset with Turkey, Iraq seeks Security Council session
Iraq has requested an emergency UN Security Council session over the presence of Turkish troops in northern Iraq, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday, a development that could further increase tension between the two neighbors. Turkey however, remained defiant, with
Blast at Syria-Turkey border kills 29 rebels
At least 29 Syrian rebels were killed in a blast at a border crossing with Turkey on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based monitoring group said it was unclear what caused the explosion at the Atme
Erdogan slams US Congress over JASTA law
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned Saturday a US Congress vote to override Barack Obama’s veto of a bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, saying he expected the move to be reversed as soon as possible. Relations between
Turkey to complete Syria border wall within 5 months
A concrete wall being built to stop illegal crossings along the length of Turkey’s 900-km (560-mile) border with Syria will be finished by the end of February, an official at a Turkish state institution with knowledge of the project said
American hotels in Adana, Turkey, could be targets of attacks
The US Consulate in Adana, Turkey, warned Americans on Monday that it had obtained specific and credible threats of potential terrorist activity targeting US-branded hotels in Adana. “US citizens in Adana are advised to exercise caution when patronizing these establishments,”
Saudi Crown Prince to visit Turkey on Thursday
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, will visit Turkey on Sept. 29-30, a Saudi Gazette news report has revealed. During the two-day visit, the Crown Prince is expected to hold talks with Turkish
Erdogan: US should ‘not harbor a terrorist’ like Gulen
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters in an interview on Monday that the United States should “not harbor a terrorist” like US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and that his activities should be banned around the world. Gulen, who has lived in
Erdogan at UN urges global action against preacher
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday demanded international action against the US-exiled preacher Fethullah Gulen, whom he accuses of orchestrating an aborted coup d’etat against him. “I would like to call on all our friends to take the necessary
Turkish police detain 40 over links with ISIS
Turkish counter-terror police detained 40 foreign nationals in raids in Istanbul over their suspected links with ISIS, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday. Police carried out simultaneous raids to 23 addresses in Istanbul’s conservative Fatih district detaining suspects
Saudi has ‘similar stance’ with Turkey on region
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said on Thursday that Riyadh has “similar stance” with Turkey regarding Syria, Iraq and Yemen. In a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart, during his visit to Ankara, Jubeir said stances of Turkey and
Erdogan: Turkey ready to join US in capturing Syrian city from ISIS
US President Barack Obama floated the idea of joint action with Turkey to capture the Syrian city of Raqqa from ISIS, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in remarks published on Wednesday. Ankara would not object, Erdogan said. Turkey launched an
Turkey loses 2 soldiers since start of Syria operation
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and five were wounded in a missile attack Tuesday by ISIS in northern Syria – the first Turkish casualties caused by the militants in Turkey’s two-week-old incursion into Syria. The Turkish fatalities came after Turkish
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