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King Abdullah II said he would support the formation of a military alliance of like-minded Middle Eastern states similar to NATO’s

Mixed reports have surfaced in recent days over Israel's participation as an "observer" in the annual "African Lion 2022" military exercise which kicked off on Monday in the Moroccan...

Morocco and the US kicked off the annual African Lion military exercises on Monday, which will last until the end of the month. The exercises include 7,500 personnel from...

Diplomatic meetings between Turkiye, Finland and Sweden about the Nordic countries' NATO membership will continue and an alliance summit in Madrid next week is not a deadline, Turkiye said...

If the Swedish government does not take steps to end the PKK terror group's actions within their countries, the negotiations are unlikely to progress for Sweden's NATO membership process,...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu today detailed a UN plan to create a sea corridor from Ukraine for grain exports, saying safe routes could be formed without needing to...

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin announced on Tuesday that NATO membership applications from Finland and Sweden could be frozen if an agreement with Turkiye, which is currently blocking their...

Reacting to the ongoing tension within NATO after Sweden and Finland applied to join the alliance, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that it is important to note that...

As Turkiye maintains its objections against Sweden and Finland's bid to join NATO, it has pursued an intense public diplomacy effort at home and abroad to make its position...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that Turkey is a "vital ally" which has legitimate concerns" about terrorism. "When a vital key ally such as Turkey raises concerns...

Security concerns raised by Turkiye in its opposition to Finland's and Sweden's NATO membership applications are legitimate, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday during a visit to...

Sweden will look to make constructive progress in talks with Turkey on Ankara's objections over the Nordic country's application to join the NATO defensive alliance, Foreign Minister Ann Linde...

Turkiye will never allow terrorism-backing countries to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. "Supporting a terrorist organisation that attacks an alliance member...

Turkiye will not change its position on the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO before its conditions are met, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. During a meeting with members...

The distance between Ukraine and Mali is measured in thousands of kilometres, but the geopolitical distance is much closer. So close, in fact, that it appears as if the...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said NATO allies forgot Turkiye's contributions to the military bloc when there are no threats to their national security, as Ankara opposes Sweden and Finland's...

Talks between Turkish officials and delegations from Sweden and Finland this week in Turkiye made little headway overcoming Ankara's objections to the Nordic countries joining NATO, and it is...

Contrary to its precedents, the prospects for a new Turkish intervention into Syrian territory seem linked to more diverse and complex determinants. In addition to the positions of Moscow...

The United States has warned that a new Turkish military operation into northern Syria would cause regional instability, threatening to condemn such a move and escalation of conflict. Speaking...

President Tayyip Erdogan's pledge to carry out a new military incursion on Turkiye's southern borders has triggered speculation about potential targets, with the Syrian town of Tal Rifaat emerging...

President Tayyip Erdogan's pledge to launch military operations soon to expand safe zones already set up across Turkiye's southern borders has raised the stakes in his row with NATO...

Sweden's prime minister said on Monday that talks with Turkey regarding Ankara's opposition to her country's bid to join NATO "will take some time." Magdalena Andersson told Swedish news...

Negotiations with Turkiye on Sweden's membership to NATO will take some more time, the Swedish Prime Minister said Monday, and Anadolu News Agency reports. Magdalena Andersson told Swedish official...

Finland is ready to assure Turkey that the Nordic state's connections with the PKK Kurdish terror group will be monitored more closely, Anadolu has reported. Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto...

Unless Sweden and Finland decide to support Turkey on 'fundamental issues'; Erdogan says he will not take a positive approach to NATO expansion

The report titled "NATO 2030: Unity for a New Age", which was discussed at the NATO leaders' summit in Brussels on 14 June, 2021, showed that a new concept...

The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, said it was "important" to address Turkiye's concerns on Finland and Sweden's applications to join the alliance....

Sweden's foreign minister today hit out at "disinformation" about Sweden and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), after Turkey accused the Nordic country of giving support to the militant group,...

A Finnish Member of Parliament has called for a boycott of Turkish kebabs, holidays and cars, as Turkiye continues to insist that Finland and Sweden should not gain NATO...

Turkiye will say "no" to entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday, as senior representatives of the two countries are set to visit...

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said yesterday that her country and neighbouring Sweden want to join NATO "as soon as possible". Following a meeting with her Italian counterpart, Mario...

The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday that senior representatives from Sweden and Finland and not the foreign ministers of both countries, will travel to Turkiye for talks...