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Turkey Carries Out an Air Operation against PKK in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq
Turkey carried out an air operation hitting targets in the Qandil and Asos regions of northern Iraq early on Friday to eliminate terrorists, said the country's National Defense Ministry. The operation was carried out to 'neutralize the PKK/KCK-PYD/YPG and other terrorist elements, to eliminate the terrorist attacks against our people and security forces from northern Iraq, to ensure border security and to destroy terrorism at its source,' the ministry said in a ...
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Turkey’s Top Diplomat Seeking to Discuss Grain Deal with Lavrov
Turkish officials are discussing three scenarios of how the situation around the stalled grain deal may evolve, and Turkey’s top diplomat Hakan Fidan is planning to discuss the results of these discussions with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba, the pro-government newspaper Yeni Safak reported on Friday. If no solution is found 'the [food] crisis would escalate' under a scenario that would not meet the interests of ...
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Russia, Turkey Agree on Putin Visit to Turkey Soon, Interfax Reports
President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed that the Russian leader will visit Turkey 'soon', Interfax cited a Kremlin aide as saying on Friday. The visit would be Putin's first to a NATO country since he ordered tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Putin has only rarely traveled outside Russia since the beginning of full-scale hostilities. 'There is an invitation from the president ...
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Turkey to Speed Up Negotiation Process on Its Accession to EU — Erdogan
Turkey intends to expedite negotiations on its accession to the European Union as a full member, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced to reporters of the presidential corps upon his return from Vilnius, where he took part in the NATO summit. 'There is a positive atmosphere in the European Union regarding the revival of our European integration process. We will speed up negotiations on renewing relations as part of the customs union, which ...
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Jordan: Military Helicopter Crashes in Umm Al-Dananir (Video)
A military helicopter reportedly crashed on Monday in the Umm Al-Dananir area in North Amman near Balqa The military helicopter, identified as a Cobra type, belonged to the Royal Jordanian Air Force, a reliable military source said, according to Al-Mamlaka TV. The source added that it crashed during a routine training flight and that no civilians were injured. However, the helicopter suffered extensive damage as a result of the crash, and both ...
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5 Killed in Explosion at Rocket and Explosives Factory in Turkey
An explosion at a rocket and explosives plant in Turkey caused a building to collapse on Saturday, killing all five workers inside, an official said. The explosion occurred at around 8:45 a.m. at the compound of the state-owned Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation, on the outskirts of the capital, Ankara, Gov. Vasip Sahin told reporters. Sahin said the explosion was likely to have been caused by a chemical reaction during the production ...
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Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership Held in Jordan Confirms Support to Iraq in Face of Terror
The second edition of Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership which was held on Tuesday in Jordan confirmed support to Iraq in face of terror, underlining the importance of sustaining the economic integration with the Iraqi state. Participants in Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership Jordan King Abdullah II underscored the Iraqi role in sustaining the regional cooperation, adding that the whole region is passing through a critical security situation. The Iraqi ...
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3 Security Servicemen Killed in Jordan Raid
Three Jordanian police officers were killed during a raid on Monday morning against an individual suspected of killing Jordanian police officer Abdul-Razzaq Dalabeeh amid protests last week, Jordan's Public Security Directorate (PSD)announced on Monday morning. The suspect was also killed during the raid and eight other suspects were arrested, the Jordanian security apparatus announced, adding that the investigation into the incident was ongoing. 3 شهداء من مرتبات #الأمن_العام وإصابه 5 آخرين خلال ...
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