Iraq's security forces have seized an estimated 1.1 tonne of captagon pills hidden inside a truck that entered Iraq from Syria via Turkey, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. The drug shipment, the largest ever seized in Iraq, was tracked and intercepted with the assistance of "important information" provided by Saudi's drug enforcement agency, the Interior Ministry spokesperson Brigadier Muqdad Meri said in a televised statement.
Turkey’s Erdogan has asked Trump to lift the CAATSA sanctions, finalize the sale of F-16s to Ankara and reinstate Turkish membership into the F-35 program after being kicked out for purchasing Russian air defense systems during the first Trump administration, per readout of call
Iraqi Foreign Minister: I discussed with the Turkish Energy Minister doubling electricity supplies and renovating the Ceyhan pipeline.
Turkish Armed Forces UAVs hit SDF targets on the Sarrin line south of Kobane
Turkish Foreign Minister: No concessions should be made in Syria regarding efforts to achieve self-rule or self-administration, and Ankara will monitor the steps taken to implement the agreement between Damascus and the SDF.
Turkish Foreign Minister: We are prepared for all scenarios if the PKK rejects the invitation under the influence of others.
AFP: The Kurdistan Workers' Party confirms that it is "impossible" to dissolve itself at this time.
3 day agoToday, residents of the city of Amuda, east of Syria, held a massive march to protest the constitutional declaration and the exclusionary decisions.
Türkiye announces the arrest of five people in Istanbul on charges of spying for Iran.
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced the killing of 24 Kurdish militants in Syria and Iraq within a week.
Vice President of the Syrian Democratic Council: Türkiye has not adhered to any truce with the Syrian Kurds.
5 day agoTurkish artillery shelling targets SDF positions in the Al-Shuyukh area in the eastern Aleppo countryside.
Turkish President Erdoğan has said he is ready to meet with the pro-Kurdish DEM Party’s İmralı delegation, which represents imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, if they request an appointment
5 day agoThe Turkish military carried out several artillery strikes in the countryside of Tal Tamir
Turkish Defense Ministry: Our operations continue in northeastern Syria against Kurdish militias.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 37 km E of Çukurca, Turkey
Reuters, citing a Turkish official: Ankara is cautiously optimistic about the agreement between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces
Intense Turkish airstrikes target the vicinity of Tishrin Dam in northern Syria
Turkish Vice President: Remnants of the former regime will not be able to obstruct the historic transformation in Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister: The common of Iraq, Syria and Turkey is the Kurdistan Workers' Party
Turkish Foreign Minister: We support all steps to save the lives of all Syrians
1 week agoTurkish women marched in Istanbul to mark International Women’s Day despite a government-imposed ban. Police blockaded groups and reportedly detained numerous protesters
1 week agoIran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman says that Iranian FM frankly conveyed his concerns to Turkish FM regarding Syria. He says Tehran rejects blame-shifting & expects all involved states in the Syrian developments to act responsibly and avoid statements that complicate the issues. Foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey met in Jeddah against the backdrop of the recent public exchanges between Tehran and Ankara
1 week agoTurkish Foreign Minister: Turkish forces may take control of camps and prisons run by the Syrian Democratic Forces in northern Syria
1 week agoTurkish Foreign Ministry: We support Syria, its leadership and people, and we stand against any action targeting Syrians
1 week agoDefense Minister Abdukadir Mohamed stated that Somalia and Ethiopia have an ongoing security cooperation agreement, particularly in counterterrorism operations against Al-Shabaab. He cited the Ankara agreement as the framework guiding their military collaboration.
Erdogan: We are committed to our goal of obtaining full membership for Turkey in the European Union
Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev speak via videoconference at the opening ceremony of Igdir-Nakhchivan Natural Gas Pipeline in Ankara
1 week agoSDF retaliates by striking SNA positions in the southern countryside of Jarabulus with artillery
1 week agoManbij countryside: The Turkish military carried out 1 airstrike on the vicinity of Tishreen dam in the countryside of Manbij
