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Islamic State: ‘Suspected leader’ of IS group killed in Syria, says Turkey’s Erdogan

Turkish forces killed the "suspected leader" of the Islamic State group in Syria on Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced late Sunday night. Erdogan said that Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi had been "neutralised" during an operation led by Turkish intelligence services. Speaking during an interview with TRT Turk state broadcaster, Erdogan added that the intelligence organisation had been following Qurashi for a long while. "The suspected leader of Daesh, codename Abu Hussein al-Qurashi, has been neutralised in an operation carried out […]

1 May 2023

International News

Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire is right step, Erdogan tells Putin

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call that the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement was the right step towards a lasting solution, the Turkish presidency said on Tuesday. Russian peacekeeping troops deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday under a deal that halted six weeks of fighting between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces and froze territorial gains by Azerbaijan. Turkey is a close ally of Azerbaijan. Erdogan told […]

11 November 2020

International News

Erdogan to assume new powers on Monday, tighten control over Turkey

Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan will fulfil a long-held ambition later Monday when he is sworn in as president with sweeping new powers over a country he has dominated and reshaped during his 15-year rule. Launching the executive presidency that he fought hard to secure, Erdogan will also appoint a streamlined cabinet he says will push for growth to make Turkey one of the world's biggest economies. Erdogan narrowly won a referendum […]

9 July 2018

International News

Turkey takes full control of Syria’s Afrin region, reports say

Turkey's military and its Syrian rebel allies have taken full control of northwest Syria's Afrin region, a Turkish army source said on Saturday, as aid workers distributed food to people in the area. Turkish forces and the Syrian fighters swept into the main Afrin town last Sunday after an eight-week campaign to drive out the Kurdish YPG militia, which Ankara regards as a terrorist group. A military source told Reuters […]

25 March 2018

International News

Turkey’s Erdogan to discuss Syria, Palestine with Macron in Paris

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Paris on 5 January to meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, with the conflict in Syria high on the agenda, a source in the French president's office said on Saturday. Among the regional crises the two leaders plan to discuss, there will be a particular focus on Syria as well as on the Palestinian situation, the source said, weeks after US President Donald Trump […]

31 December 2017

International News

Will Erdogan cut ties with Israel over Jerusalem?

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said an upcoming summit of Muslim leaders will mark a "turning point" in the response to a US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. A strong supporter of the Palestinian cause, Erdogan called Wednesday's extraordinary meeting in Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, under the auspices of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Erdogan has threatened to cut diplomatic ties with Israel over the issue of […]

13 December 2017

Tayyip Erdogan

Islamic State: ‘Suspected leader’ of IS group killed in Syria, says Turkey’s Erdogan

Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire is right step, Erdogan tells Putin

Erdogan to assume new powers on Monday, tighten control over Turkey

Turkey takes full control of Syria’s Afrin region, reports say

Turkey’s Erdogan to discuss Syria, Palestine with Macron in Paris

Will Erdogan cut ties with Israel over Jerusalem?

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