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Turkey to ease coronavirus restrictions on June 1

Following a weekly cabinet meeting, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced late on Thursday that Turkey will ease the restrictions imposed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. The normalization process will include the lifting of a travel ban between Turkish provinces. According to the plan, civil servants will go …

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Turkey leading search campaign for Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi: report

Tripoli: The Africa News Portal quoted Libyan sources as saying, “The Turkish intelligence service is conducting a search campaign in the western mountain region southwest of the Libyan capital, in search of Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi.” The sources said that “Turkish Intelligence has created a new room managed by Khaled Al-Sharif, …

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Turkey delaying gas pipeline repair for unknown reasons: Iran

Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says he is unaware why Turkey has been delaying repair work on an Iranian gas pipeline that was blown up in late March. “I don’t know for what reason the repair has been delayed,” said Zanganeh, adding that such repair works usually takes several …

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Turkey censures Israel’s ‘modern vandalism,’ warns of more conflict

Turkey has lambasted Israel’s scheme to annex the occupied West Bank, warning that such condemned policies will lead to “more conflict and escalation.” In a statement on Saturday, Turkey’s Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said that the Tel Aviv regime must halt its illegal campaigns, calling on the international community to …

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Turkey’s dithering on Iran gas imports and US link

Turkey is dragging its feet on repairing a pipeline which was hit by an explosion in late March, stopping Iran’s gas exports to the country, the Fars news agency says. Iran sells about 10 billion cubic meters a year of gas to Turkey under a 25-year supply deal signed in …

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Turkey: UAE bringing chaos to Mideast through interventions in Libya, Yemen

Amid rising frictions between Ankara and Abu Dhabi, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has hit out at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for “bringing chaos” to the already-troubled Middle East region through its interventions in Libya and Yemen. Speaking to Turkish broadcaster Akit TV on Tuesday, the top Turkish diplomat …

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Iran to export corona serology kits to Turkey next week: official

TEHRAN: Head of Communication, Information and Public Relations Dept. of the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology Parviz Karami said on Mon. that Islamic Republic of Iran will export COVID-19 serology kits to neighboring Turkey next week. The process of contract for selling coronavirus serology kits to Turkey has been finalized …

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