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[ ANKARA: Turkish warplanes and artillery hit northeast Syria on the third day of an incursion that has forced tens of thousands to flee. Heavy fighting was reported on Friday amid reports that Syrian Kurds had regained control of two of the 11 villages lost earlier. “There is heavy fighting …

TEHRAN: While Turkey’s Ministry of National Defence says it is still preparing for an offensive in northern Syria, a report by Bloomberg citing a Turkish official says the troops have already begun crossing into Syrian territory. Earlier, an adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrote that Turkish forces, “together …

  TEHRAN: The Kurdish forces were surprised after the US turned its back to them and declared decision to withdraw military men from Syria as foreseen by Lebanese Hezbollah resistance group Leader Seyed Hassan Nasrallah. In a growing number of posts that imply the Kurdish militants’ deep regret over their …

ANKARA: Turkey says there is no way it will back out of its plan to launch a military offensive in northern Syria regardless of the consequences, defying growing international calls to pull the plug on the imminent operation. The Turkish parliament on Tuesday extended the government’s mandate to launch “anti-terror” …

ANKARA: Turkish military officials and their US counterparts agreed to a safe zone in northern Syria, a “peace corridor” for displaced Syrians longing to return home. The Syrian regime has rejected this proposal. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warns Ankara will not allow safe zone efforts to suffer stalling process …

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will consider turning to others for fighter jets if the United States refuses to sell it F-35 fifth-generation and multirole combat aircraft, stressing that Washington’s decision to remove Ankara from the jet production program would not deter his country from meeting …

ANKARA: Ankara received the first batch of Russia’s S-400 missile defence system hardware on Friday, Turkey’s defence ministry said. “First batch of equipment of S-400 missile defence system, which is procured to meet Turkey’s air and missile defence need, has started to arrive at Murted air base in Ankara as …

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for an end to “unlawful attacks” by militiamen loyal to the renegade commander of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar. “The president renewed his support for the internationally-recognized government and urged an end to unlawful attacks by Haftar’s forces,” Turkey’s …

ANKARA: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that he’s willing to accept an offer to mediate talks between Iran and the US to ease rising tension in the Middle East. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s attempts failed to find a common ground in de-escalating tensions between the US …

ANKARA: Turkey has ordered the arrest of 82 military personnel over suspected links to the network accused by Ankara of carrying out an attempted coup in 2016, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Tuesday. Ankara blames U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania …