by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 10, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara – Ankara did not rule out on Monday the possibility of giving up a deal signed in September with Moscow to arm its forces with the Russian S-400 missiles system, after the issue created controversy with Washington and other NATO allies. In an interview...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 24, 2017 | Middle East
Erbil– Iraq’s Kurds have expressed their commitment to hold the independence referendum on September 25, despite repeated demands by the United States to postpone such a move to prevent the deterioration of relations with the central government in Bagdad. The Higher...
by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 17, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara, Moscow- Ankara has started intensifying its consultations with Tehran and Moscow regarding the situation in Syria and the latest developments that are related to al-Nusra Front’s control over wide areas in Idlib Governorate, which is close to the Turkish...
by Taha Abdulwahed, Nazeer Rida and Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 7, 2017 | Middle East
Jeddah, Moscow, Beirut – Saudi Arabia stressed on Sunday its firm position regarding the Syrian crisis and said a solution should be based on the Geneva I Declaration and United Nations Security Council Resolution 2254. The resolution stipulates establishing a...
by Saeed Abdelrazek | Aug 2, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held talks on Tuesday with his Iranian counterpart on the latest developments in Syria, revealed Turkish diplomatic sources. They said that Cavusoglu and Mohammed Javad Zarif met on the sidelines of the emergency...