Russia, Turkey and Iran are concerned about the increased presence of terrorist groups in Syria’s Idlib province, the three countries said after talks in Kazakhstan, pledging to coordinate actions aimed at eliminating the militants.
Read More »Turkey and Russia Judged Bigger Risk Than ISIS for U.S. Troops in Syria
American commanders have requested guidance on dealing with an attack from those armed groups and others from Iran and the Syrian government, but officials say they have received muddled direction.
Read More »Turkey Not Resuming Military Operation in Northeast Syria: Security Source
Turkey is fully abiding by the agreements it reached with Russia and the United States regarding northeast Syria and is not resuming its military offensive, a security source said on Monday.
Read More »Turkey seizes Daesh terrorist recruitment list by country
Turkish intelligence and security forces seized recruitment lists containing the names of Daesh operatives and their nationalities in a counterterror operation targeting the terrorist group in southern Turkey.
Read More »Russia plans to sign new S-400 deal with Turkey in first half of 2020: Official
A high-ranking Russian military figure says Moscow plans to sign a new contract with Turkey to supply new batteries of the advanced Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems to Turkey in the first half of 2020.
Read More »U.S. hoping its security gamble with Turkey in Syria will pay off
Two months after Ankara threatened to launch an operation into northern Syria, where US forces are present, the US and Turkey seem to be working closely on a “security mechanism” that supposedly seeks to fulfill Turkey’s concerns about Syria.
Read More »Turkey says three million could return to safe zone in Syria
urkey’s president has said that up to three million Syrian refugees could return to their country to live in a “safe zone” in the north.
Read More »Delivery of second S-400 battery to Turkey completed, defense ministry says
Turkey’s Defense Ministry says the delivery of the second battery of the advanced Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems has been completed, and that the systems would become operational in April 2020.
Read More »Russia Hopes Su-35 and Su-57 Could Interest Turkey Amid F-35 Row With US
Earlier, after a visit to an air show in Russia, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed that Turkey may opt to buy Russia’s Su-57 fifth generation fighter, instead of the F-35, after the US kicked Ankara out of the programme earlier this …
Read More »Turkey Building Second Base in Qatar Amid Gulf Tensions – Reports
Turkey established its first military base in Qatar in 2017, on the basis of a bilateral security agreement signed in late 2015, with the base said to be part of a broader security effort by the two countries to confront unspecified “common enemies.”
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