Ankara will not share military secrets with Beijing, Deputy Minister of Defence Industry of Turkey Murat Bayar said. According to him, in the case of ratification of the contract with China, at the first stage a total of 288 long range missiles will be acquired.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Turkey it would “pay dearly” for supporting rebels fighting to overthrow his regime, in an interview broadcast Friday on Turkish television. “In the near future these terrorists will have an impact on Turkey. And Turkey will pay very dearly for its contribution,” al-Assad told the …

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari will visit Turkey, Hurriyetdailynews newspaper reported on Thursday. According to the newspaper, the planned visit will take place at the end of this month. Bilateral rapprochement, as well as the Syrian crisis, as well as economic and regional

Parliament renewed Oct. 3 the government’s authorization to send troops into Syria after a tense session in which the opposition parties fiercely criticized the ruling party’s interventionist foreign policy and tolerance for the appearance of al-Qaeda-linked groups on Turkey’s border.

Mali’s new president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, on Wednesday dissolved an army reform committee dominated by former members of a military junta after blasting disgruntled officers for staging an unruly protest at a military base earlier this week.

Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy on Wednesday discussed a range of issues facing Egypt with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, her third visit to the country since the army-sponsored overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsy in July.

EU’s Catherine Ashton will next meet with Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci in Brussels on Monday, October 7, it has been announced. Ashton’s office also said on Thursday that “the purpose of the meeting is to review progress on implementation

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday night welcomed the Presidential Statement approved by the Security Council earlier today on the humanitarian situation in Syria, his press office said in a statement.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen Wednesday expressed concern over Russias “continued activity in erecting fences and other obstacles along administrative boundary lines within Georgia.” “This is in

A mortar shell hit the compound of the Chinese Embassy in Syria’s capital Damascus, damaging the building and injuring a Syrian employee. It was the first time that the Chinese Embassy was hit since the Syrian conflict broke out 2-and-a-half years ago.