Turkey holds 120 km on N.Syria border east of Euphrates
ANKARA
Turkey controls an area in northern Syria the length of 120 kilometers (74.56 miles) east of the Euphrates River along the border between the two countries, the Turkish vice...
Russia shifts 300 Chechen military policemen to Syria
MOSCOW
Russia shifted 300 military policemen from Chechnya to Syria, the country's Defense Ministry said on Friday.
"About 300 servicemen of the military police unit of the armed forces of the...
2 protesters killed, dozens injured in Iraqi capital
BAGHDAD, Iraq
At least two people were killed and dozens injured in protests which erupted Friday near Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, according to a medical source.
An Iraqi security source who asked not...
Russian military police patrol Turkish-Syrian border
MOSCOW
Russian military police patrolled parts of the Turkish-Syrian border in accordance with a recent memorandum between Ankara and Moscow, the country's Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
"On October 24, a...
Turkish, Russian top diplomats discuss Syria over phone
ANKARA
The foreign ministers of Turkey and Russia discussed on Thursday a recent deal between the two countries about northern Syria on the phone.
Mevlut Cavusoglu and Sergey Lavrov discussed the...
Assad regime attacks marketplace in Syria's Idlib
IDLIB, Syria
Assad regime attacked a marketplace in de-escalation zone in embattled Syrian province of Idlib, according to the Syrian civil defense agency White Helmets on Thursday.
At least seven people...
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Turkiye welcomes OECD decision to open accession discussions with 6 countries
ISTANBUL
Turkiye on Wednesday welcomed a decision by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to open accession discussions with six candidate countries.
“We welcome...
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