The official Syrian news agency (SANA) has accused what it called "terrorists" of firing a missile with a chemical warhead at the town of Khan Al-Assal in Aleppo. The...
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News Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister has said that his country's relations with Turkey will never be completely repaired to what they were before Israel's attack on the Freedom Flotilla in...
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News A senior Turkish official has revealed that there are three scenarios on the table before the United States and its allies for the departure of Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad....
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News Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad threatened to "attack Jordan and Turkey in the event they took part in any American-led military action against Syria." Mekdad said in an...
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News Turkey's Department of Defence has announced that between 613,000 and 715,000 landmines have been planted along the Turkish-Syrian border. Turkish Defence Minister Ismat Yilmaz told Jihan News Agency that:...
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News Turkey is greatly disappointed by the meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and American President Barack Obama in Washington last week. Talk of Syria took up most...
Russia and the United States agreed on Tuesday to hold an international conference in an effort to end the civil war in Syria. The conference will possibly be at...
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that at least ten countries had approved their participation in the proposed American military strike on the Syrian regime. At...
Despite his criticism of the Syrian regime, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced the alleged Israeli attacks on Syrian targets that took place during the weekend, AFP reports....
Two days ago, the Turkish army began a ten day drill at a base near its borders with Syria in light of growing fears over the spreading violence. According...
On Monday Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu denied that Israel used a Turkish airbase in its targeting of Syrian locations. Davutoglu said that these allegations are unfounded. Davutoglu said...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has brushed aside criticism that his foreign policy has isolated Turkey by insisting that "God and the people are with us." Speaking from...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Turkey is taking the necessary measures to avoid future tragedies like the recent incident involving Turkish pilots being kidnapped in...
Turkey's military chief of staff has revealed that two F-16 aircrafts took off from the Amasya Merzifon Airport in western Turkey and headed to the Syrian border, following reports...
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay has denied rumours that the government intends to build a fence along the border with Syria. He insisted that all security procedures have...
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Iran next week to participate in an international meeting that would address the Syrian crisis; a Turkish diplomatic source said on Monday....
Turkish authorities have decided to allocate homes for homeless Syrian refugees before the start of the winter season. The Director General of Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Dr...
I have a number of comments to make on current events in Turkey; some regarding its appearance and others regarding its substance. In his daily column for the London-based...
January 24, 2014 |
Sophie Cousins In a small motel room in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, within sight of the mountains of Syria, a former Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighter sits with his...