Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

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 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 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 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 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 »

 

Tag Archives: ANKARA

Turkey dismisses 6,000 more workers in post-coup crackdown

Turkey dismissed more than 6,000 more police, civil servants and academics under emergency rule on Friday, continuing a purge in the wake of a failed coup last July, according to decrees issued in the Official Gazette. The decrees ordered the

138 ISIS militants killed in Syria’s al-Bab

Fourteen Turkish soldiers were killed and 33 wounded in clashes with ISIS extremists – 138 of whom were killed – in Syria on Wednesday in the military’s highest single day toll of its four-month campaign inside the country. The fighting

Murdered envoy’s family weep over coffin in Moscow

The widow and mother of Russian ambassador, Andrei Karlov, broke down in tears as his body was returned to his homeland after he was gunned down in Ankara on Monday, a newspaper report has revealed. His mother Maria also struggled

Turkey, Russia and Iran to discuss Syria in Moscow

Turkey, Russia and Iran will hold a meeting in Moscow on December 27 to try to find a solution to the five-year conflict in Syria, Ankara said on Wednesday. “We are striving to secure a ceasefire throughout the country and

At least 36 killed in deadly Iran train crash

At least 36 people were killed and 95 injured when two Iranian passenger trains collided near the city of Shahroud, about 400 km (250 miles) east of Tehran, state television reported. It said the death toll was likely to rise.

Turkish soldier killed in Syria clashes as rebels push to al-Bab

A Turkish soldier was killed and five wounded in clashes with ISIS in northern Syria, the military said on Friday, as Turkish-backed rebels pressed an offensive to take the city of al-Bab from the radical militantsgroup. The latest casualties bring

Turkey warns US against demographic change in Raqqa

Turkey on Monday warned the United States not to allow demographic changes in the Syrian city of Raqqa after Kurdish-Arab forces launched a US-backed operation to capture the extremist bastion. Turkish forces are conspicuously absent from the operation, even though

Turkey military deployment in Silopi related to Iraq developments

The deployment of Turkish military to an area near the Iraqi border is related to the “fight against terrorism and developments” in Iraq, Turkey’s defense minister said on Tuesday. Fikri Isik also told broadcaster A Haber that Turkey has “no

Erdogan: Turkey aims to reinforce troops on Iraq border

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey was aiming to reinforce its troops deployments in its Iraqi border town of Silopi and that it would have a “different response” for Shiite militia groups if they cause terror in the Iraqi city

Turkey’s president tells Iraqi leader to ‘know his place’

Turkey can’t be excluded from a possible operation to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul, Turkey’s president said Tuesday, telling Iraq’s leader to “know his place.” Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks were likely to add to tensions between the two neighbors,

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.

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

Saudi has ‘similar stance’ with Turkey on region

Adel al-Jubeir

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

Syrian rebels seize villages near Turkey from ISIS

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels seized several villages from ISIS near the town of al-Rai, from where the rebel groups launched a new operation against the militants earlier on Saturday, a rebel official said. “They took several villages, about eight villages. At

Turkish aid sent to Gaza after Israel deal approved

Turkish aid for the Gaza Strip has been sent from the country’s southern coast for the second time since relations were normalized between Israel and Ankara in June, a Turkish official said Saturday. A humanitarian aid ship bound for southern

Erdogan, Putin agree to speed up efforts for Aleppo aid delivery

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone call on Friday to accelerate efforts to deliver aid to Syria’s Aleppo, Erdogan’s office said in a statement. Erdogan informed Putin about Turkey’s incursion into Syria that started

Turkey vows to cleanse ISIS from border after attack

Turkey vowed on Monday to “completely cleanse” ISIS militants from its border region after a suicide bomber suspected of links to the group killed 54 people, including 22 children, at a Kurdish wedding. Saturday’s attack in the southeastern city of

Turkey PM urges world powers to turn ‘new page’ on Syria

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Monday urged world powers including Iran, Russia and the United States to join together to rapidly open a “new page” in the Syria crisis. “It is vital that without losing more time a new

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