SecDef @EsperDoD on Turkish government threats to close US bases in retaliation for Congress' passing bills recognizing the Armenian Genocide & sanctioning Ankara for invading NE Syria: "It's not been brought up to me before. The first I heard of it was reading it in the papers"
US Defense Secretary Mark Esber says he will speak to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to find out how serious he is in his statements regarding the closure of the Incirlik base
Heavy shelling by Turkish military & affiliated armed groups on Qiz-Ali village, south-west of Tal-Abyad. Gunshots from the Turkish border side targeting village of Gharib, eastern Kobani
LNA Spokesperson Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari: Our Army will destroy all Turkish cargo planes/ships entering our territory
1/ Israel officials are saying they say are open to negotiate the Turkish proposal to build gas pipeline from Israeli reservoirs through Turkey to Europe "if the Turks are serious", but stress that it will not replace the gas pipeline with Greece-Cyprus-Italy, but in addition
Foreign Affairs Committee of Turkish parliament approves military deal with Libya
Today, Turkey's drones begin to fly from an airport in the Turkish part of Cyprus
2 month agoTurkey sends the first Bayraktar TB2 drone to Northern Cyprus
Turkey President @RTErdogan says will retaliate for any US sanctions, could shut down Incirlik Air Base if deemed necessary
2 month ago[email protected] Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USSRoss DDG71, fwd-deployed to Rota, transited Bosphorus towards Black Sea on its 9th patrol in the US6thFleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. @YorukIsik pic for @reuterspictures
2 month agoIncirlik AB Turkey today: USAF C17 Globemaster III RCH550 descending for Incirlik; USAF C17 Globemaster III RCH455 taxiing at Incirlik
Turkey navy chased away an Israeli research vessel Bat Galim near Cyprus
The Turkey-Libya Security and Military MoU has been presented to Turkish Parliament for approval. The deal includes: Turkish support for the establishment of a Quick Reaction Force covering police and military responsibilities
A US and International Coalition Convoy has entered SDF Areas from Semalka Border Crossing,the biggest since US partial withdrawal, includes military support
Russian forces has begun forming new military groups in the towns of Amûdê, Dirbêsiyê and Tall tamr cities, with the aim to replace the YPG and Protect the border with Turkey. The volunteers will receive an salaries pay of 150k SP
Turkey's defense chief discusses maritime boundary deal, military cooperation with head of GNA at Doha Forum
LNA sources: Turkish arms shipments arrived in Misrata, in agreement with figures in the GNA government
2 month agoEuropean Council conclusions 12/12/2019-Para 19: Reconfirms previous conclusions concerning Turkey's illegal drilling activities in Cyprus's EEZ; TR Libya MoU: doesn't comply w the Law of the Sea & cannot produce any legal consequences for 3rd States
Turkish military & its affiliated armed groups intensifying their attack with heavy weapons on Qiz-Ali silos, 40 km southeast of Kobani
Heavy artillery shelling by Turkish-backed armed groups on the villages of Tal al-Ward & Tal al-Shair in the outskirts of Abu Rasin (Zargan), northern Tal-Tamr
Turkish shelling on Umm Hosh and Harbul tonight. Near Tel Rifaat
Turkish Forces targeting Tel Al Ward village east of Ras Al Ain with artillery
LNA warplanes conducted strikes at Misrata airport, where Turkish cargo plane has been landed today
2 month agoRussian Navy Project 775 BSF Black Sea Fleet 197th Landing Ship Brigade's Ropucha class landing ship Azov 151 transited Bosphorus carrying tanks & APCs en route to Tartus Syria. 14:00Z
2 month agoTurkish-made Bayraktar TB2 UCAV downed by LNA today in Ain_Zara Southern Tripoli
The TFSA and Turkish Army have returned to the M-4 Road and Sharsharak and Aliyah Grain Silos and are fortifying their areas
2 month agoTurkish Bayraktar TB2 drone supporting the GNA in Tripoli has been shot down by the LNA
Macron: The European Union is in full solidarity with Greece and Cyprus over Turkey's provocations in the Mediterranean
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he received overwhelming support from his EU peers in Brussels over Ankara-Tripoli maritime borders MoU and migration issue
"Greece will do everything it can and has to do to protect its sovereign rights," PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis says in presser after EU leaders' meeting
