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Turkey accuses Saudi Arabia of concealing coronavirus cases among pilgrims
Mar 28, 2020 02:39Turkey says its first cases of the new coronavirus were detected among those returning from Saudi Arabia, accusing Riyadh of concealing the number of patients among pilgrims.
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Turkey dispatches new military convoy to Syria’s Idlib
Mar 27, 2020 01:02The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says Turkey has dispatched new reinforcements to Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, as Ankara beefs up its military presence in the embattled region following a ceasefire reached earlier this month with Moscow to halt an escalation of violence there.
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Turkey, allied militants using water as weapon against civilians in Syria’s Hasakah: Foreign Ministry
Mar 27, 2020 00:08The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has strongly condemned Turkey and its allied Takfiri terrorists for cutting off water supply to local residents in the country’s northeastern city of Hasakah and surrounding residential neighborhoods over the past two days.
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Turkey charges 20 Saudis over 2018 Khashoggi murder
Mar 26, 2020 02:15Turkish prosecutors have charged 20 Saudi nationals, including two former senior aides to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, over the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
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‘Provocative’ social media activity puts 410 under detention in Turkey
Mar 25, 2020 13:12Turkey has so far detained 410 people over "provocative and abusive" social media posts about the coronavirus pandemic, the interior minister said on Wednesday.
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Syrian army, residents block US military convoy in Hasakah, force it to move back
Mar 24, 2020 09:38A US military convoy has been forced to retreat from an area in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah after government forces blocked its way and groups of angry local residents, upset with its presence in the region, threw stones at the US convoy.
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Turkey arrests 5 Kurdish mayors as crackdown continues
Mar 24, 2020 01:18Turkey has arrested five mayors of the Kurdish-majority areas as part of its ongoing crackdown against the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP).
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Turkey's coronavirus death toll up by 12 to 21, confirmed cases up 277 to 947
Mar 22, 2020 01:04Turkey imposed a curfew on Saturday for its senior citizens and banned restaurants from serving at tables, extending measures against the coronavirus outbreak as the death toll more than doubled to 21 from nine a day earlier.
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Turkey sends medical supplies to Iran
Mar 18, 2020 03:59Turkey has dispatched a cargo of medical supplies to Iran to help the country combat the outbreak of the new coronavirus based on an agreement reached between the two countries.
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Turkish-backed militants undermine Russia-Turkey joint patrols in Idlib
Mar 16, 2020 11:08Russia and Turkey have cut short their first joint patrol in Syria's Idlib after Turkish-based militants blocked a main roadway liberated by the Syrian army in January.