Turkey

MBS told aide he would use ‘bullet’ on Khashoggi, intel gathered by US shows

Feb 08, 2019 16:12

American intelligence agencies have revived communication — originally intercepted in 2017 — between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and a close aide in which Mohammed says he would use “a bullet” on Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi if he did not return to Saudi Arabia or stop criticizing the prince.
Khashoggi 'victim of brutal killing by Saudi officials': UN probe

Feb 08, 2019 03:45

A UN-led probe into Jamal Khashoggi's murder has concluded that the Saudi dissident was the victim of a “brutal and premeditated killing” planned and perpetrated by the kingdom's officials.
At least two killed after building collapses in Turkey's Istanbul

Feb 07, 2019 03:10

At least two people were killed and six wounded after an eight-story residential building collapsed in Istanbul on Wednesday, the governor's office said.
Turkey raps French plan to mark Armenian ‘genocide’ day

Feb 06, 2019 08:57

Turkey has condemned a decision by French President Emmanuel Macron to declare a national day for the commemoration of the “genocide” of Armenians by Turkish troops in World War I.
Turkey maintains 'low-level' contact with Syria: Erdogan

Feb 04, 2019 09:20

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed for the first time that Turkey has maintained direct low-level contact with the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
Turkey says can’t understand US silence over Khashoggi case

Feb 04, 2019 03:57

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that the US’ silence toward the killing in Istanbul of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi by its allies in Riyadh is not acceptable, and Ankara wants everything to be clarified about the case.
Turkey warns against foreign meddling in Venezuela’s affairs

Feb 03, 2019 13:39

Turkey says those countries that have recognized Venezuela’s self-proclaimed “interim president” Juan Guaido are worsening the Latin American country’s problems.
UN believes MbS prime suspect in Khashoggi murder: Turkish official

Feb 03, 2019 08:55

An investigative team led by the United Nations (UN) believes Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the prime suspect in the state-sponsored assassination of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, an adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says.
Turkey captures four Daesh suspects near border with Syria

Feb 03, 2019 01:02

Soldiers have detained at least four suspected members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in a Turkish town on the Syrian border while they were trying to cross the frontier illegally.
Turkey to set up safe zones in Syria: President Erdogan

Jan 29, 2019 04:23

Turkey says it will form safe zones in northern Syria so that millions of Syrian refugees hosted by the Ankara government could return to their home country, which is now recovering from nearly eight years of foreign-sponsored militancy.