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Greece is increasing its order of Dassault-made Rafale jets to 24 from 18, France’s Armed Forces Minister said on Sunday. Greek lawmakers in January approved the purchase of 18 Rafale jets from France for 2.5 billion euros ($3.04 billion). “Excellent news. Greece has just announced its intention to buy six …

Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Pakistan will hold joint military drills from Sept. 12-20 in Baku, Azerbaijan’s defense ministry said on Saturday, the first such drills between the three countries. The goal of the “Three Brothers – 2021” exercises is to improve cooperation between their special forces and to share knowledge and …

Turkey cannot take the burden of a new migrant wave from Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday after talks with his German counterpart. “As Turkey, we have sufficiently carried out our moral and humanitarian responsibilities regarding migration,” Cavusoglu said, speaking in a joint news conference with German Foreign …

Turkey has not made a final decision on a Taliban request for support to run the Kabul airport after foreign forces withdraw over security concerns and uncertainty there, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, adding talks were still underway. Officials told Reuters this week that the Taliban had asked Turkey …

Turkey’s military has begun evacuating from Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Wednesday after the Taliban had asked Ankara for technical help to run Kabul airport but insisted it withdraws its military by the end of August. President Tayyip Erdogan’s government had said for months it could keep a presence …

Russia and Turkey are in the final stages of negotiating a new contract to supply Ankara with additional S-400 air defense units, Russia’s state-run arms exporter has announced. A new deal with Turkey on the delivery of the advanced medium-to-long-range air defense missile system is set to be signed soon, …

Turkey is beefing up security measures on its border with Iran and elsewhere to prevent a likely influx of Afghan refugees, who could try to enter the country after fleeing a Taliban takeover. The country is to add another 64 kilometers (39 miles) to a three-meter-high wall that it has …

The government of Cyprus said on Monday it would revoke the passports of Turkish Cypriot officials in the breakaway state in the northern part of the island. A number of Turkish Cypriot officials, including incumbent leader Ersin Tatar, are known to hold or held passports of the Republic of Cyprus, …

Russia and Turkey are close to signing a new contract to supply Ankara with additional S-400 air defense units in the near future, the Interfax news agency cited the head of Russia’s Rosoboronexport arms exporter as saying on Monday. Turkey’s initial purchase of S-400s from Russia strained ties with the …

Turkey cannot bail out the EU by taking in Afghans who worked for Western countries in Afghanistan as the Taliban take power there, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. “We have received a request to welcome local employees of a European Union mission in Afghanistan,” a government statement quoted …

Greece has erected a 25-mile (40 KM) fence and installed a new surveillance system on its border with Turkey as fears mount a surge in Afghan refugees trying to reach Europe. Greece has faced recurring refugee crises since 2015 when more than a million mainly Syrian refugees swarmed through its …

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan discussed the situation in Afghanistan during a phone call and agreed to strengthen bilateral coordination on Afghan issues, the Kremlin said in a statement on Saturday. The presidents emphasized the priority was counter-terrorism and efforts to tackle drug trafficking, the Kremlin said.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on European governments to take responsibility for refugees coming from Afghanistan, insisting that his country has no intention of becoming “Europe’s migrant storage unit” after the Taliban’s takeover triggered a new wave of refugee outflow. Erdogan further emphasized following a cabinet meeting that Turkey …

Turkey’s Defense Ministry says three Turkish soldiers have been killed in an explosion in northern Iraq. The ministry said on Monday that an improvised explosive device planted by militants went off on Sunday in a region where Turkey was conducting a cross-border operation against militants from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party …

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, Also known as “Al-Hashed al-Shaabi” mourned today a commander who was martyred in a Turkish bombardment in Mosul. The PMF said in a statement on its official website that the Sinjar Protection Forces’ military official, Saeed Hussein, died as a result of the Turkish bombardment in …

Flash floods that swept through towns in Turkish Black Sea provinces have killed 70 people and emergency workers continue to search for 47 missing people, authorities said on Monday. The floods last week brought chaos as torrents of water tossed dozens of cars and heaps of debris along streets, destroyed …

Flash floods that have swept through towns in the Turkish Black Sea region have killed 58 people, authorities said on Sunday, in the second natural disaster to strike Turkey this month. The floods brought chaos to northern provinces just as authorities were declaring wildfires had been brought under control after …

Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday that five Russian servicemen and three Turkish citizens were on board a Be-200 firefighting aircraft that has crashed in Turkey, Interfax news agency reported. The plane crashed near Adana when it was about to land, the military said. There were no details on any …

Families of those missing after Turkey’s worst floods in years anxiously watched rescue teams search buildings on Saturday, fearing the death toll from the raging torrents could rise further. At least 44 people have died from the floods in the northern Black Sea region, the second natural disaster to strike …

Turkish army fire killed an Iraqi Kurdish farmer on Friday in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, where Ankara has been battling separatists, a local official said on Friday. The incident came a day after a Turkish soldier was killed in the same region by shellfire that Ankara blamed on …