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Turkey will activate Russian S-400 missile system: defense minister

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Thursday said there should be no doubt that Turkey will activate the S-400 missile system it purchased from Russia. Akar was...

Erdoğan accuses EU of interfering in Libya with arms embargo decision: report

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Wednesday criticized the European Union’s decision to launch a maritime effort focused on enforcing the UN arms embargo around Libya,...

Turkey’s Erdoğan asks Macron, Merkel to help stop humanitarian crisis in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan asked the French and German leaders to provide “concrete” support in ending a humanitarian crisis in northwest Syria’s Idlib region, the...

Merkel, Macron want to meet with Putin, Erdoğan to talk Syria crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron told Russia’s Vladimir Putin they want to meet him and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to defuse the...

UN refugee chief calls on Turkey to admit more Syrian refugees amid military escalation in Idlib

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Thursday called on Syria’s neighbors, including Turkey, to admit more Syrian refugees amid what he called “the dramatically worsening...

Washington believes Russia, Turkey ‘very close’ to more extensive conflict in Syria

The United States believes that Russia and Turkey are “very close” to a more extensive conflict in Syria’s Idlib region and hopes they will be able...

Turkey asks US to deploy Patriots on border to counter Syrian gov’t attacks: Bloomberg

Turkey has asked the US to deploy two Patriot missile-defense batteries on its southern border to free it to punish any future attacks by Syrian troops...

Russia accuses Turkey of providing weapons to militants in Idlib: report

Russia's defense ministry accused Turkey on Thursday of providing artillery support to militants fighting Syrian government forces and said militants briefly broke through government defenses in...

Turkish, Kurdish migrants among 9 killed by gunman in German city: report

A gunman with suspected far-right links shot dead nine people, some of them migrants from Turkey, in an overnight rampage through a German city before killing...

Turkish FM says talks with Russia to continue in search for Syria solution: report

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that some progress had been made in talks with Russia on Syria’s Idlib region, where Ankara has threatened to...

Human rights commissioner calls on Turkey to restore judicial independence

Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic on Wednesday submitted a report on her visit to Turkey in July 2019 in which she...

UN chief urges Turkey, Russia, Iran to find solution to 9-year-old Syria civil war

The UN secretary-general on Tuesday called for an immediate cease-fire in Syria, urging Turkey, Russia and Iran to find a political solution. In an interview with The...

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