Turkey

Russia ready for talks with Turkey on sale of SU-35, SU-57 fighter jets: Military official

Mar 13, 2021 04:45

A Russian military official says Russia is ready for holding talks with Turkey on the possible delivery of Russian-made SU-35 and SU-57 fighter jets providing that Moscow receives the corresponding request Ankara.
Turkey won’t bow to US pressure, will advance S-400 purchase: Russian official

Mar 12, 2021 13:56

A Russian military official says Turkey would not cave in to pressure from the United States over advancing the purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense systems.
Russia, Turkey, Qatar jointly making attempt to seek political resolution to Syria’s conflict

Mar 12, 2021 03:03

Russia, Turkey, and Qatar are making a joint attempt to help find a lasting, political solution to Syria’s decade-long conflict, the Turkish foreign minister says.
Iran, Turkey slam controversial Kurdish stamp marking Pope’s visit to Iraq

Mar 11, 2021 10:28

Iran and Turkey have strongly censured the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for its reported plans to print a contentious postage stamp commemorating Pope Francis’ recent trip to the Iraqi semi-autonomous region.
Turkey gives life sentences to 5 over 2016 killing of Russian ambassador

Mar 10, 2021 04:46

A Turkish court has handed down life sentences to five individuals in the 2016 assassination of the then-Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara, local media reports say.
'Russian, Syrian missile strikes target terrorists smuggling oil to Turkey'

Mar 07, 2021 11:40

Russian and Syrian military forces have launched a barrage of missiles at makeshift refineries in Syria’s northwestern province of Aleppo, causing a massive blaze as hundreds of tankers caught fire.
Iran’s top general offers condolences to Turkey after chopper crash

Mar 07, 2021 03:33

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri expressed his condolences to Turkey over fatalities in an army helicopter crash in the neighboring country.
Supporters of detained Saudi princess call for UK to help secure release

Mar 03, 2021 11:50

Supporters of a prominent Saudi Arabian princess detained with her daughter in Riyadh have appealed to the British government to help secure their release.
Iran summons Turkey’s ambassador over ‘unacceptable’ PKK claim

Feb 28, 2021 11:21

Iran has summoned Turkey’s Ambassador Derya Ors to protest the Turkish interior minister’s “unacceptable” claim about the presence of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group's members in the Islamic Republic.
Saudi crown prince is held responsible for Khashoggi killing in US report

Feb 27, 2021 15:59

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia approved the assassination of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to an intelligence report that the Biden administration released recently that offered the world a reminder of the brutal killing.