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Damascus won’t let Turkey control even one centimeter of Syrian territory: Deputy FM
May 04, 2019 01:31Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad says the Damascus government “will not allow Turkey to control even one centimeter of the Syrian territory,” stressing that Ankara should know that “Damascus will not accept the survival of militant groups” in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib.
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US will move F-35 work out of Turkey if Ankara buys S-400: Pentagon
May 04, 2019 00:50The Pentagon says it will halt manufacturing support for the F-35 fighter jet in Turkey unless Ankara scraps its plan to buy a Russian missile defense system.
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Russia ‘ready to cooperate’ to sell Turkey Su-57 fighter jets: Official
May 03, 2019 12:50The chief executive of Russia’s state-owned hi-tech industrial development conglomerate, Rostec Corporation, says his country is “ready to cooperate” to sell Turkey Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jets in case Ankara is excluded from the F-35 fighter jet program with the United States.
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Turkey says not moving away from NATO with S-400 deal
May 03, 2019 12:41Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar says his country is not distancing itself from the US-led NATO military alliance by acquiring Russian S-400 missile defense systems.
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US, Israel to supply anti-aircraft missiles to Kurdish militants in Syria: Report
May 02, 2019 01:56The United States and Zionist regime are reportedly set to supply anti-aircraft missiles to Kurdish militants in northern Syria amid tensions between Ankara and Washington over the latter’s support for the militants, which the Turkish government views as terrorists.
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F-35 jet program doomed to failure if Turkey excluded: Erdogan
Apr 30, 2019 09:51Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the United States for threatening to stall the delivery of F-35 fighter jets to his country over the purchase of Russian-built advanced S-400 air defense missile systems, complaining that Ankara is being subjected to “an imposition” and unfair treatment on the issue.
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Turkish airstrikes kill over dozen Kurdish PKK terrorists in northern Iraq
Apr 30, 2019 03:30Turkish military aircraft have “neutralized” more than a dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group when they carried out a string of airstrikes against a terrorist hideout in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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Turkey interested in Russian weaponry other than S-400: Russia's arms exporter
Apr 30, 2019 01:21The chief executive of Russia’s state-owned arms trade company Rosoboronexport says Turkey has expressed great interest in the acquisition of Russian military hardware other than advanced S-400 air defense missile systems.
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Trump, Erdogan talk about Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400
Apr 30, 2019 00:24US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart, Tayyip Erdogan, talk about a working group to deal with Ankara’s planned purchase of a Russian S-400 missile defense system.
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Erdogan: Turkey will either 'live or die' in confronting foreign powers
Apr 29, 2019 05:54President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will not surrender to economic terrorism of "foreign powers", vowing to confront “those who are plotting against our people”.