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 »
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Top U.S. envoy in Turkey after Syria intervention speculation
The U.S. special envoy for the coalition against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group was in Ankara on Tuesday to meet Turkish officials, after speculation Turkey could launch a military intervention inside Syria, sources told AFP. “General
Turks unlikely to change their vote for snap election: pollster
Turks are unlikely to change their vote in any snap election soon, pollsters said on Wednesday, even after the June 7 election deprived parliament of a single-party government and raised the possibility of coalition politics. Analysts, politicians and at least
Turkey’s main opposition: Erdogan must stop ‘meddling’
Turkey’s opposition parties should form the next government, the largest of them said Monday, and also laid out terms for joining any coalition government, including forcing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan not to exceed his constitutional powers. The ruling Islamic-rooted Justice
Turkey’s opposition open to AKP-free coalition
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) said on Thursday it was open to all options for a coalition government other than with the ruling AK Party and that President Tayyip Erdogan should remain within his constitutional limits. HDP co-leader Selahattin
Turkey opposition chief accuses government for violence on Kurdish areas
Selahattin Demirtas, head of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), accused the government on Wednesday of deliberate inaction amid growing violence in the largely Kurdish southeast. Three people died in clashes in the southeast’s biggest city of Diyarbakir on Tuesday
Plunged into uncertainty … Turkey could face early vote
Turkey faced the prospect of weeks of political turmoil after the ruling AK Party lost its parliamentary majority in weekend polls, dealing a blow to President Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions to acquire sweeping new powers. Instead of the two-thirds majority he
Turkish PM says election results prove AKP ‘backbone of Turkey’
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu laid emphasis on his Justice and the Development Party’s (AKP) “victory” in the June 7 elections, which resulted with the loss of its parliamentary majority and the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) crossing the notorious 10
Turkey nationalist party considers early election
Turkey should hold a new election if the ruling AK Party is unable to agree a coalition with parliament’s two other opposition parties, the leader of the right-wing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) said on Monday. The MHP had been seen
Turkish PM calls Kurdish rally blasts act of sabotage
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says two explosions at a Kurdish party rally which killed two people just days before key parliamentary elections were acts of “sabotage and provocation.” Turkey holds parliamentary elections on Sunday in which the Kurdish votes
Iran rejects limited international access to military sites: agency
Iran will not allow even restricted outside access to its military sites under any nuclear accord with six powers, the deputy chief of its armed forces said on Friday, reaffirming Tehran’s tough stance on the issue as the deadline for
Erdogan threatens to resign over lavish accusations
Irritated by accusations of lavishness, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to resign if the leader of the main opposition can find a single golden toilet seat in his vast new palace. Kemal Kilicdaroglu of the Republican People’s Party (CHP)
Turkey: Kurdish rebels attack military base; no casualties
Turkey’s military says suspected Kurdish militants have fired two mortar rounds at a military base in the country’s southeast region, prompting the military to fire back in retaliation. A statement posted Monday on the military’s website says no one was
Iran’s Yemen-bound aid ship docks in Djibouti: report
An Iranian aid ship on Friday docked at Djibouti’s port where it will be inspected by the United Nations so its cargo can be shipped to conflict-torn Yemen, Iran’s Fars news agency reported. “The ship docked a few minutes ago
Khamenei rules out nuclear inspections of military sites
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday Tehran would not accept “unreasonable demands” by world powers during negotiations over its disputed nuclear program, and ruled out letting inspectors interview its atomic scientists. The comments, reported on state TV,
Twin blasts rock offices of Turkey’s Kurdish party
Twin explosions on Monday hit the regional headquarters of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party in two cities amid escalating tensions in the run up to June 7 legislative elections, a party official said. Six people were injured in the blast at
Syrian TV says Turks shot down surveillance drone, not aircraft
Syrian state media denied reports Turkish military jets had shot down a Syrian aircraft, saying what had been shot down was a small, remotely controlled surveillance drone.Turkey’s NTV news channel said military jets had shot down a Syrian aircraft that
Turkey holds low-key state funeral for 1980 coup leader
Turkey’s army held a state funeral service Tuesday for former president Kenan Evren, but no government official attended the burial of the man who masterminded the bloodiest military coup in Turkish history. Evren died aged 97 at a military hospital
Turkey, Greece welcome re launch of Cyprus unity talks
The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey on Tuesday welcomed a decision by Cyprus’ rival Greek and Turkish communities to re-launch stalled talks aimed at reunifying the island, calling it an opportunity that should not be squandered. Greek Foreign Minister
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