Sourced : Al-Monitor By Khaled al-Khateb Military operations are ongoing near al-Bab, northeast of Aleppo, between the Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions and special Turkish forces on the one hand, and the Islamic State (ISIS) on the other. The battles that the armed Syrian opposition is waging with Turkish air and land support in the… Continue reading ISIS REINFORCES POSITIONS IN AL-BAB CITY
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SECURITY REMAINS MAIN OBSTACLE TO CYPRUS DEAL
Sourced : Kathimerini As negotiators try to break a 43-year deadlock to reunite Cyprus, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressed reservations on Wednesday over the short-term prospects of a settlement, which, he said, must include the abolition of the “anachronistic” system of guarantees and the withdrawal of Turkey’s troops from the island. In an interview with… Continue reading SECURITY REMAINS MAIN OBSTACLE TO CYPRUS DEAL
SYRIA’S NEW NATIONAL SECURITY FORCE PLEDGES LOYALTY TO TURKEY
Sourced : Al-Monitor By : Amberin Zaman When Turkey intervened in northern Syria five months ago, it claimed it had no designs on its former Ottoman dominion and that its only goals were to cleanse its borders of the Islamic State and to eliminate what it called the terrorist threat posed by the People’s Protection… Continue reading SYRIA’S NEW NATIONAL SECURITY FORCE PLEDGES LOYALTY TO TURKEY
ISIS REINFORCES POSITIONS IN AL-BAB CITY
Sourced : Al-Monitor By : Khaled al-Khateb Military operations are ongoing near al-Bab, northeast of Aleppo, between the Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions and special Turkish forces on the one hand, and the Islamic State (IS) on the other. The battles that the armed Syrian opposition is waging with Turkish air and land support in… Continue reading ISIS REINFORCES POSITIONS IN AL-BAB CITY
70 PERCENT OF TURKISH NAVY VESSELS USED IN THE COUP OF THE 15TH OF JULY 2016
Sourced : Hurriyet By Mesut Hasan Benli Some 70 percent of Turkish navy vessels played a role in coup activities on July 15 night as their personnel were previously informed about the attempt by the orchestrators of the failed bid, according to Ankara prosecutors. In an indictment sent to an Ankara court of serious crimes… Continue reading 70 PERCENT OF TURKISH NAVY VESSELS USED IN THE COUP OF THE 15TH OF JULY 2016
ERDOGAN : “TURKISH TROOPS WOULD REMAIN IN CYPRUS FOREVER”
Sourced : NY Times By Nick Cumming-Bruce and Andreas Riris Turkey’s president declared on Friday that Turkish troops would remain in Cyprus “forever,” complicating hopes of reuniting the island nation, which has been effectively partitioned since 1974. “Greece is fleeing again from a solution to the Cyprus problem,” the president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told reporters… Continue reading ERDOGAN : “TURKISH TROOPS WOULD REMAIN IN CYPRUS FOREVER”
RUSSIA SENDS MORE MILITARY GEAR TO SYRIA AFTER DRAWDOWN CLAIM
Sourced : Middle East Eye Russian cargo ships have been spotted transporting military equipment towards Syria, days after Moscow ordered its only aircraft carrier to home as part of a general drawdown of forces involved in the Syria conflict. The carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, was sent to the eastern Mediterranean in the autumn to mount… Continue reading RUSSIA SENDS MORE MILITARY GEAR TO SYRIA AFTER DRAWDOWN CLAIM
TURKEY AGREES TO WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS FROM NORTHERN IRAQ
Sourced : Al Arabiya Turkish Prime Minister Ben Ali Yildirim arrived in Baghdad on Saturday to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, and is expected to also meet President Fuad Masum and Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri. Iraqi television quoted al-Abadi confirming an agreement reached with Turkey on the withdrawal of Turkish troops from northern… Continue reading TURKEY AGREES TO WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS FROM NORTHERN IRAQ
US ARMING YPG IN SYRIA “INTOLERABLE” FOR TURKEY
Sourced : Anadolou Agency By Mustafa Keles, Betul Yuruk & Burcu Arik Ankara considers the U.S. arming the YPG “intolerable” because the terror group poses a great threat to Turkey, that country’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Friday. “It is even so hard to accept a terror supporter country as an ally,” Cavusoglu said at… Continue reading US ARMING YPG IN SYRIA “INTOLERABLE” FOR TURKEY
CYPRUS SETTLEMENT TALKS OFFER GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR ISLAND
Sourced : Kathimerini By Michele Kambas It is a dispute that has brought NATO partners Greece and Turkey to the brink of war and confounded generations of diplomats; but Geneva negotiations next week offer the best chance in decades of reuniting the ethnically divided island of Cyprus. On the face of it, the omens are… Continue reading CYPRUS SETTLEMENT TALKS OFFER GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR ISLAND