by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 2, 2016 | Middle East
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called for an immediate ceasefire in Syria on Friday, describing the situation in Aleppo as critical and saying that regime head Bashar al-Assad was unfit to rule. Asked about Assad at a news conference in Beirut, Cavusoglu...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 1, 2016 | Middle East
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Moscow and Damascus were not behind an air strike in northern Syria that killed four Turkish soldiers last week. “Neither Russia nor Syria, its air force, had anything to do with this,” Lavrov...
by Saeed Abdelrazek | Oct 8, 2016 | World
The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that everyone understands that defeating ISIS in a short time is possible through ground operations along the lines of operation Euphrates Shield, through which Turkey supports Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2016 | Middle East
London- Ankara has warned of sectarian consequences from Mosul operation, objecting to involvement of Shi’ite militias. Shi’ite militias having a role in an operation to drive ISIS out of the Iraqi city will not bring peace, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East
Turkey widened on Thursday the purge of public sector employees by dismissing 88 foreign ministry personnel amid fears that Fethullah Gulen, who has been accused of orchestrating the failed July 15-16 coup attempt, could flee his residence in the United States....
