October, 2013

• 23 October

  Iraqi FM to visit Turkey on Friday

  Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari will visit Turkey on Friday. According to the TV channel, issues of bilateral cooperation, the Syrian crisis, economic and regional issues will be discussed during the visit.

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• 23 October

  NATO, Russia discuss security issues

  NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and Russian Defence Minister, Sergey Shoygu, are meeting here on Wednesday in the NATO-Russia Council format to review cooperation on security issues. “One of these issues is terrorism. NATO Allies and Russia work together to counter terrorism in the air and on the ground,” …

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• 23 October

  Militants attack Iraq security forces on checkpoints

  Militants killed at least 22 members of the security forces in Iraq on Tuesday, mostly in attacks on police and military checkpoints, with the western Anbar province bearing the brunt of the violence, sources said.

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• 23 October

  Syrian opposition keeps its position on Geneva II calls

  Syria’s opposition in exile resisted calls Tuesday from Western and Arab countries to commit to attending peace talks, saying it would not take part if there was any chance President Bashar Assad remained in power.

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• 23 October

  Mubarak retrial was postponed to November

  The Cairo Criminal Court has postponed the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak, his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, former interior minister Habib Al Adli, six of Adli’s aides and fugitive Businessman Hussein Salem in the case of killing protesters during the January 25th Revolution.

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• 23 October

  Turkish PM invites Iraqi counterpart to Ankara

  A Turkish delegation of high-level officials yesterday passed on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s invite to the Iraqi Prime MinisterNouri al-Maliki during their visit to the country.

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• 23 October

  Turkish PM rebukes NATO over China missile deal criticism

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rebuffed intensified international criticism over Turkey’s choice to engage a missile defense deal with China, a day after NATO wanted a say in the decision-making process.

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• 23 October

  Barosso says all balkan countries will join EU

  All Balkan countries will join the union when they meet EU criteria for accession, says European Commission President. All Balkan countries that have applied for EU membership should join the union when they are ready, said EC President, Jose Barosso, during his visit to Berlin.

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• 23 October

  Bulgarian President to call Security Council over refugee influx

  Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has announced that he would schedule a sitting of the Consultative Council of National Security over the ongoing refugee crisis in the country. Plevneliev told reporters on Tuesday that he would announce the date for the sitting “within days,” noting that the budget of Bulgaria’s security services will be …

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• 22 October

  Kurdish rebels threaten new fight in Turkey as Syria clashes intensify

  Kurdish rebels are ready to re-enter Turkey from northern Iraq, the head of the group’s political wing said at his mountain hideout, threatening to rekindle an insurgency unless Ankara resuscitates their peace process soon. Accusing Turkey of waging a proxy war against Kurds in Syria by backing Islamist rebels fighting …

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