1 year agoForty minutes ago, the airstrikes began in the Maxmur camp at least 10 airstrikes. One Struck the top of the neighborhood. Both reconnaissance and fighter planes fly over the camp. The Maxmur camp is a UN-supervised camp for 12,000 refugees.
Comprehensive Turkish warplanes strikes on PKK bases in Makhmour, southern Erbil. Massive bombardment ongoing.
Turkish air strikes on PKK positions in Makhmour camp south of Erbil. More than four warplanes hovering over the camp and reports of injuries.
Turkish aircraft are flying along the border. Their drones have not penetrated Syrian airspace.
Airstrikes reported at Makhmour refugee camp near Erbil. The camp hosts thousands of Kurds fled from Turkey
Turkish warplanes bombarded PKK camp in Makhmour, Southern Erbil.
1 year agoGreek ISR plane CL35 (Bombardier) departed from Athens and flying over EastMed now. Same time Turkish UAV TCB808 (possibly Bayraktar TB-2) flying over west of Cyprus.
1 year agoErbil Police Department is looking for Mazlum Dağ, 27 years old, from Diyarbakır. He is wanted as the prime suspect within the scope of the attack investigation in which a diplomat was killed in Erbil.
"The previous administration made some very big mistakes" with regard to Turkey, adds @POTUS.
US looking at sanctions on Turkey but no decision made, says @POTUS in Oval Office.
Trump just said he is not looking at sanctioning Turkey right now over it's purchase of the S-400 Russian Missile defense system
1 year agoTurkish warplanes bombarded a PKK vehicle near Spindar village, Amedi. The villagers found three PKK guerrillas were hiding inside a school and were using a Pickup car. They were beaten and threatened not to return to civilian areas.
Kurdistan Regional Government: The attack that took place yesterday in Erbil is a terrorist attack and was planned in advance
1 year ago9 of the Kurdish tourists who were attacked by a mob in Trabzon have been now detained
1 year agoFootage: A group of suspected Turkish nationalists in Trabzon attacking a group of Kurdish tourists from Northern Iraq for showing the official flag of the Kurdistan Regional Government
Turkey's Parliament: 'Turkey will not give up on its rights in the Eastern Mediterranean'
In phone call Turkish presidential adviser and Bolton also discussed safe zone and implementation of Manbij roadmap in Syria
Turkish official tells US national security adviser that Washington's F-35 move is not in line with what Turkish president and US president had discussed
Turkey's Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin speaks to US National Security Advisor John Bolton to convey Ankara's "discomfort" over its removal from F-35 programme
1 year agoMore of the major flash floods in Akçakoca, Turkey this morning, July 18th. Report: Emirhan Azer Extreme Weather Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iraqi counterpart in a phone call discuss the attack on a Turkish diplomat in Erbil a day earlier
1 year agoTurkish Minister of Defense Akar has visited troops on Syrian border today
Prosector requests Istanbul CHP Chair Canan Kaftancioglu be stripped of political rights, face time in prison for social media activity.
1 year agoFourteen dead after minibus carrying migrants overturns in Turkey
Russia is ready to supply Turkey with Su-35 if Ankara has a desire - CEO of Rostec Chemezov
1 year agoA Turkish Navy UAV (probably a Bayraktar TB2, TCB804) is making an usual surveillance mission along Greece-Turkey border. The drone is departed from Canakkale Airport.
Bahrain condemns the armed attack on the staff of the Turkish consulate in Iraq.
A Turkish military convoy arrives at the Turkish observation post near Morek in the northern Hama countryside
Turkey bombed the village of Xelifan in Bradost
Turkish artillery and warplanes heavily bombarding PKK targets in Bradost area.
1 year agoS400 Triumf component delivery for the seventh day in a row: 15th plane, Russian Air Force 224th Flight unit An124 Ruslan is flying from Mozdok RuAFB to Mürted TurAFB. Only support equipment, tractors, transport, generators and cranes etc are being delivered. No missiles delivered.
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on US decision on F-35s: This unilateral step is incompatible with the spirit of NATO alliance and has no legitimate justification
Turkish MFA on US decision on the F-35s: We urge the United States to reverse this mistake that will cause irreparable wounds in our relations
KRG PM Barzani Holds Phone Conversation with Turkish Foreign Minister About Erbil Shooting
The Turkish diplomat killed in Erbil has been identified as Osman Köse.
Lockheed Martin notes that "these actions will limit any future production or sustainment impact and we remain on track to meet our commitment of delivering 131 F-35s this year."
1 year ago"The F-35 partnership remains strong and Turkey is a strategic partner with the US," concludes Lord.
US spending $500-$600 million in non-recurring engineering costs in order to shift the F-35 supply chain, reveals Lord.
Pentagon says it has worked to find alternative sources for the 900 parts of the F-35 supply chain that came from Turkey. "We expect minimal impact to the program." 9 billion dollars over the life of the program
Should Turkey be kicked out of @NATO? "I'm not going to say one way or another what should happen" per @DeptofDefense's Trachtenberg "That's a decision for the NATO alliance"
Trachtenberg is going out of his way to try and say this isn't a NATO breaking move. But when asked how it's not going to break up NATO and Turkey, he dodges.
"Our strategic partnership continues" with Turkey, says Trachtenberg.
Pentagon's Trachtenberg says Turkey will still participate in exercises in Georgia, Germany, Ukraine
"Turkey cannot field a Russian intelligence platform" in proximity to F-35, per @DeptofDefense Undersecretary Ellen Lord
1 year agoUS, Pentagon "have worked very hard to chart an alternate path" for Turkey to get air defense system and stay in F-35 program, per @DeptofDefense Undersecretary Ellen Lord Turkish decision "will have detrimental impacts" on Ankara's ability to interface with @NATO
1 year ago"This is a rather unfortunate development" per @DeptofDefense Undersecretary for Policy David Trachtenberg, but says US-Turkey cooperation will continue "across the entire spectrum of our security relationship" other than the F-35 program
Pentagon: Turkey will lose $9 billion cause of losing the F-35 deal
1 year agoStatement from @StateDept on Erbil attack.
Syrian Observatory: The international coalition has begun to expansion it´s Military base in Kobane airport, at the same time, the US forces is expanding its base in the countryside of the city of Qamişlo.
3 of Six Turkish F-16s, flying in two formations, two and four fighters have violated Greece airspace
This morning a Coalition convoy was sent to the American base in Kobanî. The convoy consisted of closed container semi-trucks, dump trucks, semi-trucks with cement slabs, and semi-trucks carrying pickups. Some camouflaged.
Iraqi Foreign Minister calls Turkish counterpart over Erbil attack
1 year agoNLF offers Turkey condolences after attack on Turkish diplomatic mission in Erbil, blaming PKK and Syrian PYD
