HAMA, Syria (AA) – The statue of Hafez al-Assad, the father of current Syrian president Bashar, has been brought down by the public in Hama. Hafez launched a large-scale military operation against the Muslim Brotherhood in February 1982, resulting in deaths of at least 30,000 civilians. At least 17,000 civilians detained by the regime re...
Aleppo, Syria (AA) – Syria’s Assad regime forces continue their retreat as Aleppo International Airport, among other strategic locations, has been left to the PKK/YPG group, local sources said on Saturday. After the anti-regime armed groups entered the Aleppo city center, Assad forces handed over the Aleppo International Airport in...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday praised the recent momentum in bilateral relations with the US. “We are pleased with the positive atmosphere in Turkish-American relations in recent times,” Erdogan told some US think tank representatives at a roundtable meeting in New York. Erdogan arrived in...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that attempts to cooperate with Israel within NATO are “not acceptable.” “It is not possible for the Israeli administration, which has trampled on the fundamental values of our alliance, to continue its partnership relationship with NATO,” Erdogan told a press...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye will take additional steps if one of the government parties in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region fails to change its supportive attitude towards PKK members, the Turkish foreign minister has said. “We will not hesitate to take further measures if the PUK does not change its supportive attitude towards the PKK des...
ANKARA (AA) – As many as 77 PKK members have been “neutralized” in airstrikes conducted in northern Iraq and Syria, Türkiye’s national defense minister said on Monday. “A total of 78 targets, including caves, shelters, hideouts, and oil facilities assessed to be used by separatist terrorist organization and believed to contain terrorists...
Ankara, Turkey – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that Washington was working “very aggressively” to dramatically expand the amount of aid reaching trapped civilians in Gaza. The top US diplomat held 2.5 hours of one-on-one talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan focused on soothing the anger at...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The downing of a Turkish drone in Syria has in no way affected the ongoing anti-terrorism operation there, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday. “Following the terrorist attack that took place on October 1, 2023, our Armed Forces and Intelligence Organization carried out comprehensive operations against PKK/YPG ter...
ANKARA (AA) – One of the two suspects allegedly responsible for Sunday’s attack in the Turkish capital Ankara has been identified, the Turkish Interior Ministry said on Monday. PKK member Hasan Oguz, codenamed Kanivar Erdal, was identified as a result of research and DNA analysis, the ministry said in a statement. Efforts and investigations to...
Baghdad, Iraq – – AFP A senior military official in Baghdad said Tuesday that a drone which killed three Kurdish counterterrorism officers had originated in Turkey, and condemned the violation of Iraq’s sovereignty. Three members of the counterterrorism forces of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region were killed and three wo...
