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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At least 35 migrants drown in two accidents off Turkey
At least 35 migrants drowned in two accidents in the Aegean Sea on Monday as they tried to cross from Turkey to Greece, Turkish media said. Twenty-four died when their boat sank off the district of Edremit in the western
Turkey tightens visa rules for Iraqi citizens ‘to fight illegal immigration’
Turkey has tightened its visa rules for Iraqi citizens as a sign of its “determination to fight illegal immigration,” the foreign ministry said Saturday. Under previous rules, Iraqi citizens were able to enter Turkey by obtaining sticker type visas at
Turkey seizes unsafe boats intended for refugees: reports
Turkish police seized almost 50 unsafe boats destined for migrants wanting to cross the Aegean Sea to Greece, in the latest crackdown on businesses exploiting refugees in western Turkey, reports said Saturday. Police simultaneously raided three underground workshops in the
Turkish soldiers on border shot at from ISIS territory in Syria
Turkish soldiers clearing mines came under fire on Thursday from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS-controlled territory across the Syrian border, Turkey’s Dogan news agency said. There were no casualties, the agency said, but stray bullets hit buildings near
Biden and Erdogan aim to ramp up ISIS fight
The White House said Vice President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed ways to deepen cooperation in the fight against ISIS in a meeting on Saturday in Istanbul. Biden and Erdogan also talked about the “importance of de-escalating
Biden: PKK is terror group ‘plain and simple,’ threat to Turkey like ISIS
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday said that the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is a threat to Turkey like ISIS, condemning the Kurdish militants as “a terror group plain and simple.” ISIS “is not the only existential threat to
Rocket fire from Syria ‘wounds two’ in Turkey: reports
A rocket fired from Syria on Saturday slammed into the town of Kilis on the Turkish side of the border, wounding two people, reports said, quoting the local governorate. The rocket hit a street causing an explosion that damaged nearby
Ideal Turkey for the EU
By : Harun Yahya Today, almost every Muslim country in the world is facing some kind of trouble. Turkey is naturally a part of Europe and is the one Muslim country closest to it in terms of culture. For that
Erdogan: Turkey won’t allow Syrian Kurdish PYD to west of Euphrates
Turkey has not allowed and will not allow the Syrian Kurdish PYD, which is fighting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria but has links to the outlawed PKK militant group in Turkey, to cross west of the Euphrates river, President
U.S. VP chides Turkey over press freedom
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said during a trip to Turkey on Friday that intimidating the media, curtailing internet freedom and accusing academics of treason was not setting a good example in the Middle East. Speaking on a two-day visit
Amnesty accuses Turkey of ‘collective punishment’ in Kurdish southeast
Turkey security forces are subjecting residents of Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkey to “collective punishment” with military operations backed by curfews, Amnesty International said on Thursday, accusing the army of “recklessly” using excessive force. Turkey has imposed successive curfews over the last
Turkey probes opposition chief for calling Erdogan ‘tinpot dictator’
Turkish prosecutors on Monday launched an investigation into the head of Turkey’s main opposition party after he called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “tinpot dictator”. Kemal Kilicdaroglu was speaking out against the detention of Turkish academics last week over a
One killed by shelling in Turkey near Syrian border
At least one person was killed and three others wounded Monday when two mortar shells, likely fired from Syria, landed near a school in the Turkish town of Kilis on the border, officials said. The mayor of Kilis, Hasan Kara,
Kurdish militant attack kills 3 Turkish policemen
Turkey’s state-run news agency says Kurdish militants have killed three policemen and wounded four others in an attack in the southeastern province of Sirnak. The Anadolu Agency says the three officers succumbed to their wounds Monday after being hit by
Turkey charges 10 suspects over Istanbul attack
A Turkish court on Sunday charged ten people over the suicide bombing in the heart of Istanbul’s tourist district that killed 10 Germans, Turkish media reported. The ten, who were charged with “belonging to a terrorist organization”, were remanded in
16 suspects sent to court over Istanbul bomb attack
Sixteen suspects were sent to court on Sunday to face possible charges over the suicide bombing in the heart of Istanbul’s tourist district that killed 10 Germans, Turkish media reported. Prosecutors are calling for the 16 to be charged with
Erdogan biopic to hit Turkish screens: Producer
Shooting will start next week on a feature film tracing the early career of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from his childhood in a poor district in Istanbul to his rise to become the city’s mayor, its producers said Friday. “Reis”
Turkey probes academics over petition against crackdown on Kurds
Turkey on Thursday launched an investigation into academics who signed a petition criticising the military’s crackdown on Kurdish rebels in the southeast that angered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Some 1,200 academics from 90 Turkish universities calling themselves “Academicians for Peace”
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