2 year agoReinforcements are now in the Black Sea 21:00UTC:Russian Navy Project775 Ropucha class LSTMs (tank carrying), Baltic Fleet's 71st Landing Ship Brigade's Kaliningrad 102, Minsk 127 & Korolev 130 transited Bosphorus and entered the Black Sea..@YorukIsik pix via @reuterspictures
2 year agoThere's also been a @SecBlinken call with @mevlutcavusoglu about @NATO unity amid Russia aggression vs. Ukraine
Protests of health workers in Ankara and Istanbul
2 year agoReinforcements for Black Sea Fleet, Russian Navy Project775 Ropucha class LSTMs (tank carrying), Baltic Fleet's 71st Landing Ship Brigade's Kaliningrad 102, Minsk 127 & Korolev 130 transited Dardanelles toward Marmara en route to Sevastopol. @YorukIsik pix via @reuterspictures
2 year agoThe attack by the YPG against the Turkish border post was conducted with two ATGM strikes. The site of the attack indicates that the YPG did this in retaliation for the Turkish drone strike against a senior YPG member from the Qandil Mountains.
2 year agoUnknown Turkish Air Force aircraft TURAF42 (4B929F) active over Eastern Mediterranean
2 year agoTurkish artillery units hit YPG/PKK positions in the town of Derbesiye in the north of Haseke
Turkish bombing targets three villages in the countryside of Al-Darbasiyah, north of Al-Hasakah
Turkish forces and their affiliated Syrian factions target Ain_Issa countryside and the M4 Highway, north of Raqqa, northern Syria, with heavy weapons
Jens Stoltenberg: Spoke to President @RTErdogan to discuss Russia's buildup in and around Ukraine. I thanked him for his active support & personal engagement to find a political solution, and welcomed Turkey's strong practical support to Ukraine. NATO remains ready for dialogue
The assassination of an official in an Iranian militia in Qamishli
Israel's President spoke tonight with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and wished him a speedy recovery from Covid: "the 2 discussed the possibility of meeting soon", @NaorIhia his spox said in a statement
Turkish UAV flew over the islet of Astakida. The overflight was recorded at 9:17 and took place at 19,000 feet above Astakida
Turkish forces are shelling northwest of Manbij, north Syria
President Erdoğan: The results of our Covid-19 test, which I had with my wife after mild symptoms, were positive
2 year agoDefense Minister of Ukriane Oleksii Reznikov: Feb3, was signed a framework agreement with Turkish Minister of Industry&Technology Mustafa Varank on cooperation in high-tech,aviation&space industries.The agreement provides for the construction of a Bayraktar plant in Ukraine
2 year agoSyria: an IED destroyed last night a car belonging to SNA in Jarabulus countryside (NE. Aleppo). All 3 fighters inside were killed
Turkish Ministry of National Defense: 4 PKK militants detected in the Pençe Şimşek region were neutralized by ATAK helicopters
2 year agoTwo people were killed in the explosion of a military vehicle for the Northern Brigade carrying military leaders near the city of Jarabulus, east of Aleppo
Interior Minister seeks EU sanctions for airlines carrying irregular immigrants to Turkish-occupied Cyprus
Ukraine and Turkey sign Free Trade Agreement
President Erdogan: Today's meetings with Ukraine and the agreements we signed are symbols of our will to take our strategic partnership to a higher level.
President Erdoğan: "During our meetings, we also evaluated the situation of Crimea especially the Crimean Tatars, who form a historical bridge of friendship between our countries.”
President Erdogan on Russia-Ukraine tension: I emphasized that we can happily host a summit at the leaders level or talks at the technical level.
President Erdoğan on meeting with Zelensky: We evaluated the steps that can be taken to increase our trade volume to the target of 10 billion dollars.
President Erdogan after meeting with Zelensky: I would like to reiterate that we continue to support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including Crimea.
President of Ukraine Zelenskiy: The agreement we signed today will expand the production of BAYKAR UAVs in Ukraine
President of Ukraine Zelensky: "I thank President Erdogan for his initiative to act as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia on the way to end the war"
The Turkish army is escalating tensions around Derîk, a region which has largely escaped the war in Syria, for unknown reasons. Shelling targeted Qasruk, Kasan, Jam Sharaf, and Nuala Kura
New group calling itself Ahrar Sinjar is claiming an attack on a Turkish military base in Ninewa, Iraq. The group claims it fired 18 rockets at the military base in retaliation for Turkish airstrikes in Iraq
