published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-11-10 14:47
Turkish media says Turkish troops have crossed into northern Iraq and attacked Kurdish rebels who have bases there.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-10-28 10:13
According to a recent report published by the Arabic Nakhel news agency, Turkish sources said the bombs are kept at Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base in Adana province.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-10-28 09:58
Suggestions by top U.S. commanders that Washington has sent military personnel to Turkey to assist on a variety of issues, ranging from Syria to outlawed militants, should not be understood as a deployment of U.S. troops in Turkey, a senior Turkish diplomat has said.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-10-21 09:32
Turkey's military has fired on Syria 87 times, killing 12 Syrian soldiers and destroying several tanks in retaliation for Syrian shells and mortars landing on Turkish territory, a Turkish newspaper reported on Saturday.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-10-13 09:39
A political analyst says the majority of Turkish people are against NATO intervention in the Syria-Turkey conflict and their government’s policies towards the Arab country, Press TV reports.
“In Turkey, the people do not think that NATO will have to come to Turkey because in 1991 when Turkey had the first [Persian] Gulf War situation, NATO was also not providing the expected military and economic aid to Turkey,” said Huseyin Bagci of the Middle East University, Ankara.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-10-13 09:31
The families of 17 Russian passengers on a Damascus-bound plane from Moscow got a midnight shock upon learning that Turkish jets had intercepted the flight. For those asking why, the answer begins in Syria, and ripples throughout the world.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-10-13 09:29
Russia's foreign minister said Friday that a civilian Syrian jetliner impounded by Turkey on suspicion of transporting Russian military cargo illicitly to Syria was carrying only electronic components for a radar station, and that such equipment fell within the bounds of international agreements.
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2012-10-12 07:17
Passengers onboard the plane intercepted by Turkish jets said that security forces were making the crew and passengers sign fraudulent papers suggesting that the plane made an emergency landing and no Turkish military were involved in the incident.
Hours after Turkish authorities announced that the Syrian Airlines passenger plane intercepted by its F-16s was granted a departure clearance, the aircraft remained on the tarmac in darkness.
published by Tom Sullivan on Thu, 2012-10-11 10:58
In the West, the Ministry of Propaganda continues to talk about the “Syrian revolt.” There is no revolt. What has happened is that the US and Israel have equipped with weapons and sent into Syria Islamists who wish to overthrow the secular Syrian government. Washington knows that if the Syrian government can be destroyed, the country will dissolve into warring factions like Iraq and Libya.
published by Tom Sullivan on Mon, 2012-10-08 09:59
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on his nation to be prepared for a possible war with the neighboring Syria if need be.
published by Tom Sullivan on Thu, 2012-10-04 08:40
Baghdad on Tuesday moved to end Turkey's military presence in north Iraq where Ankara is pursuing Kurdish rebels, signalling a further deterioration in ties between the neighbours.
published by Tom Sullivan on Thu, 2012-10-04 08:38
Turkey's parliament is debating a bill to authorise the military to launch cross border operations in Syria.
published by Tom Sullivan on Mon, 2012-10-01 08:05
Stockpiles of arms, including anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles, are being held in Turkey for use by rebels in Syria's civil war, but their distribution is being held up because of disunity and feuding between the different groups of fighters, The Independent has learned.
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2012-09-28 20:45
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has taken a harsh swipe at Russia and China over the great powers’ position regarding the unrest in Syria.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-09-23 11:29
Turkey's military deployed armoured vehicles and heavy weaponary to the border with Syria on Saturday, near a crossing that has seen intense fighting between rebels and government forces, local media said.
published by Tom Sullivan on Mon, 2012-09-17 22:44
More than 5,000 protesters staged on Sunday a massive anti-war protest against the Turkish government intervention against Syria in Antakya, capital of Turkey's eastern province of Hatay.
published by Tom Sullivan on Mon, 2012-09-17 22:40
There are nearly 50 high-ranking intelligence agents on Turkey's Syria border, including agents from the United States, France, Germany, Britain and "perhaps Greece," former CIA agent Philip Giraldi told Tolga Tanış of daily Hürriyet in an interview.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-09-16 09:05
Turkey's intervention in Syria has been an act of unprecedented folly. Not since the republic was established in 1923 - not even when the military was in charge - has a Turkish government sought 'regime change' in another country. In sponsoring armed groups seeking to destroy the Syrian government, the collective calling itself 'The Friends of the Syrian People' appears to be committing serious violations of international law. While the focus has to remain on the prime victims of their intervention, the Syrian people, it is also the case that more than a year later the policy has not worked for Turkey and is blowing up in the face of its architects, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
published by Tom Sullivan on Thu, 2012-08-16 07:26
Turkish foreign policy, codified by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, used to be known in shorthand as "zero problems with our neighbors". When Turkey started calling for regime change in Syria, it turned into "a major problem with one of our neighbors" (even tough Davutoglu himself admitted on the record the policy change failed).
Now, in yet another twist, it's becoming "all sorts of problems with two of our neighbors". Enter - inevitably - Ankara's ultimate taboo; the Kurdish question.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-08-12 09:49
A Turkish opposition lawmaker has accused the government of using ambulances to smuggle arms and ammunitions into Syria to be used by the country's insurgents in their war against the government.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-08-11 08:04
Two Chinese warships, including a guided missile destroyer, started a four-day visit to Turkey after they arrived in Istanbul on Sunday.
published by Tom Sullivan on Tue, 2012-08-07 08:02
The Syrian army has arrested a group of Turkish and Saudi officers in Syria's northwestern city of Aleppo, the state TV says.
The officers were arrested on Monday amid ongoing clashes between government troops and foreign-sponsored insurgents in the city.
published by Tom Sullivan on Wed, 2012-08-01 16:46
According to a July 31 report by the NBC News, nearly two dozen missiles have been delivered to the rebels in Syria by Turkey. The report, however, did not provide details on the exact type of the missiles, also known as MANPADs (man-portable air-defense systems).
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-07-29 08:21
Turkey has set up a secret base with allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar to direct vital military and communications aid to Syria's rebels from a city near the border.
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