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Rights groups urge Turkey to free jailed activists amid pandemic
Apr 01, 2020 02:21Human rights organizations have called for the urgent release of political activists jailed in Turkey, citing the risk they run of contracting the new coronavirus.
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Blast near joint border halts Iran’s gas exports to Turkey
Mar 31, 2020 09:03Iran’s natural gas exports to Turkey have stopped following an explosion on a pipeline near their joint border, an official at the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said on Tuesday.
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Turkish forces, allied militants cut off drinking water to Syria’s Hasakah, environs
Mar 29, 2020 12:26Turkish forces and allied Takfiri terrorists have once again cut off drinking water supply to people in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah and surrounding areas, only a few days after the Damascus government complained to the United Nations and the Security Council over the issue.
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Turkey deploys US-made air defense System to Syria’s Idlib
Mar 29, 2020 06:47Turkey has reportedly deployed a US-made air defense system to Idlib as Ankara beefs up its military presence in the militant-held Syrian region despite a ceasefire reached earlier this month to halt an escalation.
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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.