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Jordan, in its capacity as the custodian of the Al-Aqsa mosque, has sent its Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi to Brussels to meet with European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Federica Moghreini. State-run Jordanian Petra News Agency reported that Safadi “warned against Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will embark on a two-day tour in the gulf to take him to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar in an attempt to convince Qatar’s boycotters to normalize ties with the tiny-gas rich country where Turkey Read more
Teheran has raised concerns at the plans to hold a cessation referendum by the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) during a meeting at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York. Foreign Minister Zarif believes that the plan announced in Read more
Qatar armed forces Tuesday announced that more Turkish troops landed in the tiny gas-rich gulf country as part of military drill operation between the two armies. Turkey at the onset of the crisis between Qatar and its neighbors led by Read more
The more than 425 kilometre march from Ankara to Istanbul led by Kemal Kilicdaroglu ended on Sunday with the main opposition leader stating that “the last day of our Justice March is a new beginning, a new step” in the Read more
The aspiration for independence of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq is still being strongly supported by the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) amid international reticence from encouraging the planned referendum on independence. Hoshyar Siwaily, the head of Iraqi Kurdistan’s Read more
The Syrian government could not hide its disappointment for the failure to establish four de-escalation zones during the Astana talks between Russia, Turkey and Iran. The head of Syria’s negotiation team, Bashar Ja’afari, held Ankara responsible as he stated that Read more
Ankara has outlined that it will uphold its policies in the fight against terrorism despite the criticisms. Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin accused some countries of double standards as he lamented that the “massacres” being carried out by armed Kurdish groups Read more
German newspaper Der Spiegel Saturday beeped horns in a report warning that a second coup and a series of crises could take place in Turkey pointing out that elements that led to the July 2016 failed coup are still in Read more
Saudi Arabia and allies who severed ties with Qatar and imposed blockades on the Emirate have extended by two days the deadline of the 13-demand list handed over to Doha to be fulfilled as condition to end the isolation, Saudi Read more