IOM: 140 dead in weekend migrant ship sinking off Senegal
A weekend migrant shipwreck off Senegal has left at least 140 people dead, making it the deadliest so far this year, the International Organization for Migration confirmed Thursday.
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Turkey supports UN-led political process for peace in Libya, FM says
Turkey will continue to support the United Nations-led political process that is working to ensure lasting peace and stability in Libya, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated Friday after meeting with the U.N.’s special envoy in the capital Ankara.
We will always stand by the friendly and brotherly people of Libya, the top diplomat wrote on Twitter.
Russia delegation calls for conference on refugees in Syria
Syrian President Bashar Assad on Thursday met with a high-level Russian delegation advocating for jointly hosting an international conference on refugees in the capital Damascus next month.
The New Kings of Jihadist Terrorism: Azerbaijan and Turkey
The vicious war against the Armenian Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) and Armenia by Azerbaijan, Turkey, and thousands of their jihadist terrorists has passed the one month mark.
The jihadis’ presence, which includes ISIS, is consistent with the debauched political cultures and national ambitions of Azerbaijan and Turkey. It also tells us that the U.S./NATO/EU stance towards those countries continues to be dangerously passive.
The Nice attacker’s journey from illegal migrant to terrorism suspect
Politicians and experts say that the social and economic crisis following Tunisia’s 2011 uprising has created an environment conducive to transforming young people searching for a decent living into easy prey for extremists and criminals of all kinds.
Erdogan: Countries attacking Islam want to relaunch Crusades
The cartoon on the cover of Charlie Hebdo, showed Erdogan sitting in a white T-shirt and underpants, holding a canned drink along with a woman wearing an Islamic hijab.
Erdogan finds advantages for Turkey in France boycott campaign
Relying on Kuwait’s Muslim Brotherhood, Ankara aims to embarrass Saudi Arabia.
The increasing calls in Kuwait to boycott French products seem less a spontaneous action to defend Islam and its Messenger than part of a plan to thrust Kuwait into the centre of a boycott movement aimed at embarrassing Saudi Arabia and showing that its boycott of Turkish goods and products is unjustified.
Egypt worried about Hamas-Turkey close ties
Egypt has demanded that Turkey stay away from issues the Egyptians are dealing with, including efforts to end the dispute between Hamas and the Palestinian ruling Fatah faction.
Mladenov: PA at risk of economic collapse unless ties with Israel renewed
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov urged Israel to lift some of its restrictions on the movement of goods and people between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Lebanese president’s daughter ‘doesn’t mind’ conditional peace with Israel
Claudine Aoun Roukoz, daughter of Lebanese President Michel Aoun and head of the National Commission for Lebanese Women, stressed that she would “not mind” if Lebanon makes peace with Israel, in an interview with Al-Jadeed TV on Sunday.