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Syria Israel Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Syria on Thursday condemned deadly Israeli strikes across the country as a "flagrant violation" of its sovereignty, after Israel said it struck "military capabilities". Syrian state media said the strikes hit close to a defence research centre in Damascus, among other sites, while a war monitor reported four dead in the latest ...
This is Beirut, 24/03 15:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkey Arrests Recep Tayyip Erdogan Ekrem Imamoglu
Turkish police have detained more than 1,100 people, including journalists, since the arrest of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main rival sparked the country's worst unrest in years, a minister said on Monday. The demonstrations began in Istanbul after Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest last week and have since spread to more than 55 of Turkey's 81 ...
This is Beirut, 23/03 12:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Turkey Ekrem Imamoglu Recep Tayyip Erdogan Protests
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's legal team will appeal a court decision Sunday that formalized the key opposition figure's arrest in a graft probe, one of the lawyers told AFP. Separately, the court decided against formalizing his arrest in a "terror" probe. Imamoglu's detention on Wednesday over both investigations has ...
This is Beirut, 22/03 19:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkey Protests Ekrem Imamoglu Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Huge crowds gathered outside Istanbul City Hall late Saturday for a fourth night of protests over the arrest of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who has blasted official allegations against him as "immoral and baseless". The demonstrations, which began in Istanbul on Wednesday, have since spread to more than 55 of Turkey's 81 provinces, ...
This is Beirut, 20/03 10:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Istanbul's powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, remained in police custody Thursday over graft and terror allegations after his arrest the day before, as his party called for more protests in Turkey's largest city. Imamoglu of the main opposition CHP is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival and his detention came just days before the ...
This is Beirut, 11/03 20:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkey Syria Recep Tayyip Erdogan
An agreement to integrate autonomous Kurdish institutions in Syria's northeast into the new Syrian national government will "serve peace," Turkey's president said on Tuesday. "The full implementation of the agreement reached yesterday will serve Syria's security and peace. The winner will be all of our Syrian brothers," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told ...
This is Beirut, 18/02 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday criticized US-Russia talks for excluding Kyiv, saying efforts to end the war must be "fair" and involve European countries, including Turkey. His remarks came after Washington and Moscow said they would name teams to negotiate a path to ending the war in Ukraine during their first ...
This is Beirut, 04/02 21:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkey Ahmad al-Sharaa Recep Tayyip Erdogan Syria
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday hailed Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa for his "strong commitment" to fighting terror as the newly installed interim president made his first visit to Turkey. Sharaa flew to Ankara from Saudi Arabia where he had sought Riyadh's support to fund Syria's reconstruction and revive its economy after 13 years of civil ...
This is Beirut, 03/02 15:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey Sryria Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Syria's interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa will visit Turkey on Tuesday on his second international visit since the toppling of Bashar al-Assad in December, the Turkish presidency said. He went to Saudi Arabia on Sunday. War-ravaged Syria is looking to wealthy Gulf countries to finance reconstruction and revive its economy. Sharaa "will pay a ...
This is Beirut, 06/01 19:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkey Syrian Democratic Forces
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday he would order an intervention to prevent any splintering of Syria, a warning aimed particularly at the country's Kurdish forces. "We can not accept under any pretext that Syria be divided and if we notice the slightest risk we will take the necessary measures," the Turkish head of ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-25 18:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Syria Syrian Democratic Forces
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Wednesday that Kurdish militants in Syria must either surrender their weapons or “be buried,” amid ongoing hostilities between Turkey-backed Syrian fighters and Kurdish militants following the fall of Bashar al-Assad this month, according to a report on Reuters. Since Assad's departure, Ankara ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-23 20:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkey Syria
Ensuring the protection of Syria's territorial integrity is an unchanging line for Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday. "Protecting Syria's territorial integrity and unitary structure under all circumstances is Turkey's unchanging line. We never step back from this," he said after remarks warning Israel that it would be "forced" to ...