The current problem is greater than the Turkish government’s violations against territorial waters and airspace of Greece, its continued occupation of northern Cyprus, or its threatening Europe with mass Muslim immigration or Islamist terrorists, among other hostile actions.
The US State Department, in unusually tough language, slammed Turkey for creating another crisis off the coast of a small Greek island. Turkey has been using NAVTEX, a naval warning announcement, to force its navy into Greek waters or off the coast of Greek islands under the guise of “research.” It is a carefully orchestrated series of provocations by Ankara, stage-managed every month by Turkey’s increasingly aggressive an extremist far-right President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to try to bully Greece and Mediterranean countries.
Conform unor surse citate de Bloomberg, guvernul de la Ankara va anunţa o revizuire ”semnificativă” a descoperirii iniţiale, iar noile cifre ar putea fi dezvăluite în zilele următoare, după finalizarea unor noi foraje exploratorii.
SINCE 1972, bilateral ties between Doha and Ankara have developed into a solid partnership in trade, tourism, knowledge sharing, and defence.
Turkish President H E Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Doha on Wednesday, holding discussions with H H Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on latest regional and international developments as well as issues of joint interest. In an exclusive interview with this paper, the Turkish President spoke about a number of burning regional issues, and termed the bilateral cooperation with Qatar a win-win partnership.
Azerbaijan has admitted using Turkish-manufactured armed drones in clashes against Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, acknowledging it for the first time since the conflict was reignited.
In a televised interview with the Turkish news channel TRT Haber yesterday, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said: “Thanks to advanced Turkish drones owned by the Azerbaijan military, our casualties on the front shrunk.” He praised the efficiency of the drones, stating: “These drones show Turkey’s strength. It also empowers us.”
SOHR activists say that at dawn Russian jets executed over seven airstrikes, targeting the surrounding areas of Faydat Ibn Mowayni’ in Al-Mayadeen desert in eastern Deir Ezzor, as the area hosts ISIS dens and cell. However, no casualties have been reported so far. It is worth noting that ISIS always carries out attacks on regime forces in the targeted area.
Reports of increasing activity of Qatari associations in Houthi-controlled areas to provide cover for financial and intelligence support.
Yemeni political sources have pointed to the recent emergence of a new factor in the course of the Yemeni crisis in relation to Qatar’s meddling role.
According to information spread, which also reached the US Senate, the Turkish missile forces had used the purchased Russian S-400 air defense systems against allied F-16 fighters.
This is about the military exercises held this year in Eunomia, where the air forces of France, Italy, Greece and Cyprus took part. According to the information disseminated at that time, the Turkish army had deployed Russian S-400 air defense systems in the Black Sea Turkish province of Samson, and it is assumed that this transfer and deployment was for the purpose of testing the systems.
Daesh terrorists and their families detained in Syria pose a security threat but foreign governments have hesitated to repatriate their citizens.
The YPG-led SDF will allow up to 15,000 Syrians citizens leave a squalid camp it runs in the country’s northeast, which holds displaced people and families of Daesh terrorists.
Iranian media has claimed that the country is one of the world leaders in radar technology and Brig.-Gen. Ali Hajizadeh of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that new systems installed in Yazd province illustrate the country’s capabilities.