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Iraqi Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday, asked the Turkish government to open an investigation into the racist attack on an Iraqi family. The head of the committee, Sherko Mirwais, said in a statement, “An Iraqi family from the Kurdistan region has been subjected to racist assault and attempted murder …

Turkish fighter jets launched a series of airstrikes targeting a mountain in the Mawat district of al-Sulaymaniyah governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, under the pretext of the presence of PKK fighters sheltering there. The District Commissioner, Kamran Hasan, told Shafaq News Agency that at ten in the morning, Mount Assos was bombed …

The Russian center for Syrian reconciliation said a Turkish military vehicle has been hit by an unidentified explosive device during a patrol on a highway in Syria’s Idlib. The device detonated near a Turkish convoy on the route of the patrol, the center said, adding that no Russian troops had …

Turkey and Qatar’s defence ministers and Germany’s foreign minister visited the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday amid efforts to secure a ceasefire in the divided country, Libyan and Turkish media reported. Turkey provided crucial military support to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) to help it stave off a …

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the conflicts in Libya and Syria with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in a telephone call on Monday, the Kremlin said in a statement. The Kremlin said the call’s main focus was on the crisis in Libya, highlighting the need to make real steps towards …

High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, on Sunday urged Turkey to immediately end renewed drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean. “I call on the Turkish authorities to end these activities immediately and to engage fully and in good faith in a …

Turkey has urged France to refrain from escalating tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, following the French government’s announcement of a plan to increase military presence in the area in support of Ankara’s regional rival Greece. “They will not get anywhere by acting like bullies, whether in Libya, the northeast of …

Turkey has reportedly sent the latest KORKUT anti-aircraft system to Libya. The latest satellite images posted to a Twitter account showed that Turkish anti-aircraft systems in Korkut were located at Al-Watiya Air Base in western Libya, citing Pentapostagma. The air base is extensively equipped by both the Turkish Armed Forces …

The director of Bamerni district, Hamid Zubair district, north of Duhok governorate, said that the bombing targeted a car carrying PKK members in the Araden, east of the district, killing two and wounding another seriously. This attack comes after 4 PKK fighters were killed on Thursday by Turkish airstrikes targeting …

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed steps to establish a demilitarised zone in Libya in a phone call, Al Jazeera said on Thursday. Trump and Erdoğan also discussed possible ways to achieve the withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya and emphasised …

The French military conducted training exercises with Greek forces off the southern island of Crete on Thursday, defence sources said, as tension persisted with Turkey over disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean. Thursday’s exercise was the first manifestation of French President Emmanuel Macron’s commitment to temporarily reinforce his country’s presence …

France will increase its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, calling on Turkey to halt oil and gas exploration in disputed waters that has heightened tensions with Greece. The French leader voiced concern over “unilateral” exploration by Turkey in a call with Greek Prime …

The Iraqi National Security Council held its session on Wednesday, headed by the Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. An official statement stated that the Council discussed different topics on its agenda, in addition to the urgent and new issues. The Council strongly condemned the Turkish …

The Arab Parliament on Wednesday condemned in the strongest terms the heinous aggression by Turkey on the sovereignty lands of Iraq. In a statement, the Arab Parliament slammed “the Turkish drone strike that killed two officers of Iraqi border guard near the Turkish and Iranian borders.” “Such repeated military violations …

Iraq has canceled an official visit by Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and summoned Ankara’s ambassador to Baghdad following a drone strike that killed two high-ranking Iraqi commanders in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said Baghdad “categorically rejects and strongly condemns the blatant …

he Iraqi Presidency condemned, on Tuesday, the “flagrant aggression” of Turkey by bombing the Sidekan area in Kurdistan, considering it ”serious violation” of the country’s sovereignty. The official spokesman for the Iraqi Presidency said, in a statement received by AlghdeerTv”We condemn the attack carried out by Turkey through a Drone.” …

A Turkish drone strike on Tuesday killed two members of Iraq’s border guard and the driver of the vehicle they were in, the Iraqi military said. The attack took place in the Sidakan area in northeastern Iraq, near the Turkish and Iranian borders, the military said in a statement, calling …

Egypt and Greece on Thursday signed a maritime deal that sets the sea boundary between the two countries and demarcates an exclusive economic zone for oil and gas drilling rights. The deal is a response to a similar agreement between Turkey and Libya’s Tripoli-based government last year that has spiked …

Turkey’s consumer price inflation fell to a lower-than-expected 11.76% year-on-year in July, official data showed on Tuesday, reversing two months of rising inflation as the economy continued to emerge from lockdown. The figures boosted the lira TRYTOM=D3, which firmed to 6.9270 against the dollar. The currency weakened last week to …

A war of words has escalated between Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over Libya, where the two states support opposing sides in the African country’s long-running conflict. According to reports, the Emirati minister of state for foreign affairs, Anwar Gargash, has slammed Turkish defense minister for his recent …