1 year agoNew batch of commando troops sent to Idlib obs points by TAF passed Cilvegözü border crossing earlier in the morning.
LNA media reports that all Turkish restaurants have been closed in al-Bayda and Turkish workers are to be deported from the city. Orders have also been issued for the closure of all Turkish restaurants in Benghazi, Derna and LNA-controlled towns in western and southern Libya.
1 year ago[email protected] Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Carney made her northbound passage through Istanbul this afternoon. This is her 1st Black Sea deployment in 2019and 5th since 2016. She is heading to Odesa to participate in @ExSeaBreeze.
1 year agoRussian Boris Chilikin class replenishment ship Ivan Bubnov made a southbound passage through Istanbul this afternoon. She can carry 13000 tons fuel, 400 tons ammunition, 800 tons stores and 500 tons fresh water. She is based in the Black Sea. This her 1st Med deployment in 2019.
A drone approaching possibly to make damage assessment on Turkish 10th obs. point in Idlib has been shot by Turkish Armed Forces
Turkish Ministry of Defense: today Syrian regime targeted 10th observation point in Idlib de-escalation zone 3 times
1 year agoTurkish Armed Forces sending new batch of commando reinforcements to its observation bases in Idlib via Hatay
Syrian army is shelling and firing missiles at the Turkish observation post and it's surroundings in Shier Magher in northern Hama countryside.
The entry of a Turkish convoy consisting of several vehicles to the Turkish observation point in the village of Sher Maghar in the western Hama countryside.
Turkey President Erdoğan: If Haftar's threats against Turkey are correct, we will have another position, different that we have now
Erdogan just now, "Trump said there would be no S-400 sanctions"
Trump: Turkey will face US sanctions if it insists on buying S-400 missiles
"He has a big problem with the Kurds. He was going to wipe out the Kurds," says @POTUS of @RTErdogan. "I called him and asked him not to do it.and he didn't do it."
Trump's meeting with Erdogan focused on bilateral issues and regional issues, particularly developments in Syria.
1 year agoPresident Tayyip Erdoğan met with Russian President Putin as part of the G20 Leaders Summit. The main agenda items of the talks, which lasted about 1 hour, were; Syria had bilateral relations and energy issues.
Libyan commander Haftar orders forces to attack Turkish ships and interests in the country, according to spokesman
LNA Spokesman also says: They will arrest all Turkish citizens in Libya; Also deal with any entities working with Turks; And claims Libya is under Turkish invasion
1 year agoLNA Spokesman Al-Mismari: We issued orders to target Turkish ships in Libyan territorial waters; Turkish targets in Libya are hostile targets; We ordered a ban on flights from any Libyan airport to Turkey
Al-Massari: There is a Turkish intervention in the battle of Tripoli from the sea, air and land
Masmari: There is a Turkish-Qatari intervention for the militias in Tripoli
1 year agoU.S. condemns the killing of a Turkish soldier by Assad government. "US supports Turkey's efforts to maintain the Idlib ceasefire and we express condolences for the Turkish soldier killed"
1 year agoShip of Interest: Sanctioned by @USTreasury for providing logistical services to Iran Min of Defense and Armed Forces, Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines' Iran flag container ship Artabaz transited Bosphorus towards Marmara en route from Constanta and Chornomorsk to Haydarpaşa
1 year agoMore photos from the inaugural northbound passage of USNS Yuma. Operated by @MSCSealift she is heading to Odessa, Ukraine, to take part in @ExSeaBreeze
1 year agoTurkish Armed Forces keep sending more commando reinforcements and APC's to it's observation points in Idlib
Court rules to continue arrest of Metin Topuz, the US Consulate General employee in Istanbul, who was arrested on charges of espionage.
1 year agoUS Embassy in Ankara confirms David Satterfield's appointment as Washington's new ambassador to Turkey
Turkish Defense Ministry says, for the second time since last night, it effectively pounded Assad government-held military sites in Idlib following yesterday's attack against Turkish observation point
At least "60 militants neutralised" in Iraq's Hakurk region in Operation Claw since May 27 - Turkey's defence ministry
The Turkish observation point in Morek is getting shelled by mortars
Turkish warplanes began flights on western Aleppo and south Idlib.