Turkey

Turkey deploys US-made air defense System to Syria’s Idlib

Mar 29, 2020 06:47

Turkey 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.
Turkey accuses Saudi Arabia of concealing coronavirus cases among pilgrims

Mar 28, 2020 02:39

Turkey 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.
Turkey dispatches new military convoy to Syria’s Idlib

Mar 27, 2020 01:02

The 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.
Turkey, allied militants using water as weapon against civilians in Syria’s Hasakah: Foreign Ministry

Mar 27, 2020 00:08

The 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.
Turkey charges 20 Saudis over 2018 Khashoggi murder

Mar 26, 2020 02:15

Turkish 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.
‘Provocative’ social media activity puts 410 under detention in Turkey

Mar 25, 2020 13:12

Turkey has so far detained 410 people over "provocative and abusive" social media posts about the coronavirus pandemic, the interior minister said on Wednesday.
Syrian army, residents block US military convoy in Hasakah, force it to move back

Mar 24, 2020 09:38

A 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.
Turkey arrests 5 Kurdish mayors as crackdown continues

Mar 24, 2020 01:18

Turkey has arrested five mayors of the Kurdish-majority areas as part of its ongoing crackdown against the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP).
Turkey's coronavirus death toll up by 12 to 21, confirmed cases up 277 to 947

Mar 22, 2020 01:04

Turkey 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.
Turkey sends medical supplies to Iran

Mar 18, 2020 03:59

Turkey 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.