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Turkey says may resume talks with Greece amid tensions, warns against EU sanctions
Sep 20, 2020 10:54Turkey says it may soon resume talks with Greece over contested waters in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where Ankara and Athens are locked in a dispute over oil and gas resources in the region.
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Work to begin on railway link between Iraq’s Mosul and Turkey: Governor
Sep 20, 2020 10:52Governor of the Iraq’s Nineveh province says the provincial capital of Mosul will be linked to Turkey via a railway, adding that construction for the project will begin within the next few days.
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US-sponsored SDF militants abduct dozens of Syrian civilians in Raqqah
Sep 20, 2020 09:19US-sponsored militants affiliated with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have abducted dozens of civilians in Syria’s northern province of Raqqah as public outrage boils in areas controlled by them over deteriorating security conditions.
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Surge in Turkish COVID-19 cases pits doctors against politicians
Sep 20, 2020 04:01Resurgent coronavirus cases in Turkey are fueling tensions between doctors who say the official figures underplay the scale of the outbreak and politicians who accuse the country's medical association of undermining efforts to contain it on.
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Ankara blasts 'Napoleon' Macron for interfering in row with Athens
Sep 19, 2020 07:36Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has blasted French President Emmanuel Macron over siding with Greece in Ankara’s row with Athens, accusing him of further exacerbating and fueling the dispute by trying to act like Napoleon.
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UN warns of 'war crimes' in Turkish-occupied areas in northern Syria
Sep 19, 2020 01:47The United Nations has urged Turkey to launch an immediate and independent investigation into war crimes and other violations of international law committed in the northern part of Syria, which is under the control of Turkish occupation forces and allied militant groups.
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Turkey ‘withdrew survey ship to allow for diplomacy with Greece, will return it though’
Sep 19, 2020 01:01Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey withdrew a seismic research vessel from disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to allow for diplomacy with Greece, with which Ankara has been involved in a dispute over oil and gas resources in the region.
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Qamishli residents call for removal of US, Turkish occupation forces from Syria
Sep 18, 2020 09:08Syrians in northern Hasakah province have staged protest against US and Turkish occupation of the Arab country.
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Turkey dragging feet to honor commitments under Idlib agreement: Russia
Sep 18, 2020 04:51Russia has criticized Turkey for its failure to fulfill its obligations under a bilateral ceasefire agreement on Syria's northwestern Idlib province, where the two countries back opposing sides.
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Turkey ‘open to constructive dialog’ with Greece in maritime dispute
Sep 17, 2020 02:26Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey is open to “constructive” dialog with Greece in a dispute over energy exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.