Tag: Turkey

This week, President Trump's other friend in the Middle East, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, called President Erdogan an “anti-Semitic dictator.”

"There has been an improvement. Erdogan used to attack me every two hours and now it is every six hours."

An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Saturday welcomed President Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, saying the US military presence in the Middle East fuels insecurity in the region.

Israel conveyed the message that it has no interest in the Erdoğan-controlled Turkey, and that it is ceasing its efforts to normalize relations.

In a speech a week ago, Erdoğan attacked "The famous Hungarian Jew Soros."

"Hamas is trying with all its might to carry out terrorist attacks in Judea and Samaria, directed from the Gaza Strip, Turkey and Lebanon."

Mnuchin warned SWIFT, the bloodline of global banking, the US would penalize if should it not cut off financial services to entities doing business with Iran.

"To prevent more attacks against Jews, the battle against all manifestations of antisemitism must be fierce and global."

"Everyone, those who ordered his murder and those who executed it, should answer for their doing," Erdogan said, labeling the killing of Khashoggi a "political murder."

"No matter what you do to cut the route, the matter is over and the resistance possesses precision and non-precision rockets and weapons capabilities."

Israel’s Foreign Ministry recently issued an internal notice of an opening for the post of ambassador to Turkey, to be filled by summer 2019.

"This study of 22 individuals is one of the largest ancient DNA studies carried out from a single archaeological site, and by far the largest ever reported in the Near East."

The Russian leader said getting Iran out "would be difficult," but agreed in principle that it must be accomplished, sooner or later.

The problem is related to the US-made parts for which Turkish Aerospace Industries would need US export licenses in order to carry out the deal.

Turkey has already made its commitment to its NATO membership ambiguous.

The Anadolu report did not specify at which stage of the truce the release would be carried out, nor whether or not it would involve releasing Hamas terrorists who are behind bars in Israel.

The Space Group Command of the Turkish Air Force, which is also in the design stage, will operate the spaceport when it is completed.

The pastor was released to house arrest but not freed in what the Trump administration had been led to believe was to have been a "prisoner swap" with Turkish terror suspect held by Israel.

"There may be some advisers to the Syrian army, but the heavy equipment and weapons that could threaten Israel have moved away from the border."

Resolution 2254 was invoked by Iran, Russia, and Turkey as the legal basis for their takeover of the political process in Syria, backed by their enhanced military operations against rebel groups.

Until recently, Israelis needed no visa to enter Turkey, and vice versa. But in the past year Israeli diplomats have been severely harassed while moving through Turkish airports.

If Turkey also receives the F-35s from the US, operating its S-400 Russian missile system alongside the F-35s would expose the jet’s secrets to the Russians.

In October 2015 Salah was successful in taking off and gliding across the border, avoiding Syrian fire shot in his direction along the way.

According to Anadolu, Oktar has been placed on a wanted list issued by Combating Financial Crimes department of the provincial police.

All about Turkey's leadership, and a bit about Prince William of Britain.

The Jordanians are afraid that Erdogan is trying to undermine the status of the Hashemite Kingdom as guardian of the holy Muslim sites in the city.

Erdogan is an Islamist and a strong supporter of Hamas in Gaza and the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority.

Russia and Turkey could run tests to discover the vulnerabilities of the F-35, and once Russia and Turkey have it, Iran will have it as well.

The suspect, who was known to police for his role in a robbery at knifepoint, went back to Iraq through Istanbul, Turkey, on June 2, according to police

Russia is widely believed to have agreed not to interfere with Israeli military action taken against Iranian forces and Iranian-backed Hezbollah fighters in Syria.