Expansion of Turkey’s military operation in Syria and new sanctions’ put off
With the issue of the so-called Syrian package of sanctions against Russia in the cards, it is unlikely Europe will rush to adopt the new restrictions until a new US president is elected that is according to some Western experts surveyed by Izvestia daily during the Valdai International Discussion Club. According to Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz, the former German Ambassador to Russia, the issue of new anti-Russia sanctions was raised at...
Turkey says gives U.S. new documents on Gulen extradition request
Turkey has handed over to the U.S. Justice Department further documents to back its request for the extradition of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara accuses of orchestrating a failed July 15 coup attempt, Turkey’s justice minister said on Thursday. Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said that in a meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in Washington on Wednesday he gave U.S. authorities three new folders of...
Turkey orders dozens of pilots detained in coup investigation
Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 73 air force pilots, the latest in a stream of police operations related to the investigation of July’s attempted coup, the state-run Anadolu news agency said today. The operation targeting supporters of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara blames for the putsch, focused on an air base in the central Turkish province of Konya and spread across 17 provinces, it said....
Explosion hits southern Turkey’s Antalya
An explosion outside a chamber of commerce building in Turkey’s southern resort city of Antalya wounded several people today but the mayor said there were no life-threatening injuries and the blast may have been an accident. Turkey is on high alert after repeated bombings blamed on Islamic State and Kurdish militants this year. Authorities in the capital Ankara banned public meetings this month for fear of further attacks, and...
Iraq denies Turkey taking part in Mosul operation
Iraq’s joint operations command Monday denied Turkey was participating in military operations to retake the northern city of Mosul from ISIS. “The spokesman of the Joint Operations Command denies Turkish participation of any kind in operations for the liberation of Nineveh,” a statement said, referring to the Iraqi province of which Mosul is the capital. Source:...
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