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 »
Tag Archives: ISTANBUL
How the Reina club killer duped Turkish police
Turkish police officially announced on Saturday the identity of the bomber who targeted Istanbul’s Reina nightclub on New Year’s Eve, killing 39 people and injuring 65. According to Turkish news service Haberturk, the attacker was named as Abdel Kader Mcharipov
Turkey identifies Istanbul nightclub attacker
Turkish authorities have identified the gunman responsible for the attack on an elite nightclub that killed 39 people celebrating New Year, the foreign minister said Wednesday. “The identity of the person responsible for the Istanbul attack has been established,” Mevlut
Turkey detains ‘wanted Kurdish female militant’ at Istanbul airport
Turkish police on Sunday detained a woman accused of being a wanted Kurdish militant at Istanbul’s main airport, state media said. Sara Aktas was detained at Ataturk International Airport while seeking to travel to Germany, the state-run Anadolu news agency
Syria rebels hit by ISIS chemical attack
A rocket attack by ISIS militants in northern Syria caused symptoms of “chemical gas” in 22 Syrian rebels, state media cited the Turkish armed forces as saying on Sunday. The attack targeted Turkey-backed rebels who have been besieging the ISIS-controlled
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
Erdogan demands support against PKK at NATO meeting
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday urged the European Union and other Western nations to step up support for Ankara’s fight against Kurdish militants, as he addressed a meeting of NATO lawmakers. Erdogan said he expected the backing of
Istanbul airport police fire warning shots at suspect motorbike
Police at Turkey’s largest airport in Istanbul on Sunday fired warning shots at a motorbike that failed to stop at a security checkpoint, with the facility on high alert after the deadly June attack blamed on militants, local officials said.
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
Turkey sacks 10,000 more civil servants, shuts media in latest crackdown
Turkey said it had dismissed a further 10,000 civil servants and closed 15 more media outlets over suspected links with terrorist organizations and U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating a failed coup in July. More than 100,000
Erdogan warns militias in Iraq not to attack Turkmen
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned militias in Iraq against attacking Turkmen residents of Tal Afar, a town near ISIS’s Mosul bastion. “If the Hashed al-Shaabi sow terror there, then our response will be different,” Erdogan said, in
Court bars pro-Kurdish party leader from leaving Turkey
A Turkish court has barred a leader of the main pro-Kurdish party from leaving the country, accusing her of “belonging to an armed terrorist organization,” the state-run Anadolu news agency reported Saturday. Figen Yuksekdag, co-chair of the leftist People’s Democratic
Turkey consulate staff families should leave: US
The United States ordered the relatives of staff members in its consulate in Istanbul to leave the country Saturday, warning that “extremist groups” are targeting American citizens for attack. The order was announced in the second travel warning that the
Israeli raid victims fear Turkish court to halt case
Victims of an Israeli raid that killed 10 people in 2010 on an aid flotilla fear a Turkish court is set to halt a case brought by them because of a deal to restore ties between Israel and Turkey, a
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
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
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
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
Rockets fired at Turkey’s Diyarbakir airport
Suspected Kurdish militants fired rockets at the airport in Turkey’s main southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Saturday, sending passengers and staff scrambling for shelter, Dogan news agency said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Four rockets were fired
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