TURKEY

Today’s WorldView: A century-old treaty haunts the Mediterranean – TURKEY

By Ishaan Tharoor with Ruby Mellen, THE WASHINGTON POST A hundred years ago, French, British and Italian officials convened in a famous porcelain factory southwest of Paris to carve up the Ottoman Read More

Airstrikes hit Libya base held by Turkey-backed forces

Cairo (Associated Press) — Libyan officials in the capital of Tripoli said Sunday that overnight airstrikes hit a key military base on the city’s outskirts that was recently retaken by Read More

Airstrikes hit Libya base held by Turkey-backed forces

Cairo (Associated Press) — Libyan officials in the capital of Tripoli said Sunday that overnight airstrikes hit a key military base on the city’s outskirts that was recently retaken by Read More

Khashoggi trial: Consulate worker was told to ‘light up the oven’

Some Western governments, as well as the CIA, said they believed Saudi Crown Prince MBS ordered the killing [Jack Taylor/Getty Images] By AL JAZEERA & NEWS AGENCIES Technician tells Turkish Read More

LIBYA: Hafter bombs Turkish ship ‘loaded with weapons & ammo’ at Tripoli port

A smoke rises from a port of Tripoli after being attacked in Tripoli, Libya February 18, 2020 © REUTERS/Ahmed Elumami Libyan General Haftar’s forces claim they’ve bombed Turkish ship ‘loaded Read More

Erdogan: Turkey will hit Syrian government forces ‘anywhere’

Turkish President Erdogan warns that Turkey do ‘whatever necessary’ to push back Syrian government forces in Idlib [Handout/Anadolu Agency] President Erdogan says Turkey will push Syrian gov’t forces beyond observation Read More

Turkish lawmakers authorize sending troops to fight in Libya

ANKARA, Turkey (Associated Press) — Turkey’s parliament on Thursday authorized the deployment of troops to Libya to support the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli that is battling forces loyal to a Read More

Turkish lawmakers authorize sending troops to fight in Libya

ANKARA, Turkey (Associated Press) — Turkey’s parliament on Thursday authorized the deployment of troops to Libya to support the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli that is battling forces loyal to a Read More

Full text of Turkey, US statement on northeast Syria

The agreement comes after talks between Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US’s Mike Pence [Anadolu] Turkey agrees to halt its offensive in northeast Syria to allow Kurdish forces to withdraw Read More

Turkish forces capture center of key Syrian border town

A local resident looks out from a hole on a house that was damaged by a mortar fire from inside Syria, on the Turkish town of Akcakale, southeaster, Turkey, Saturday,Read More