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The Russian S-400 missiles system. (AFP)

Turkey Alludes to Giving up Purchase of S-400 System from Russia

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...

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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets with Iraq’s Kurdistan region’s President Massoud Barzani in Erbil, Iraq, August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

Iraq’s Kurds: Independence Referendum will not be Postponed… Except with Guarantees

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...

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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu addresses the media in Ankara, Turkey, July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Ankara Intensifies Consultations with Moscow, Tehran to Face ‘Nusra’ in Idlib

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...

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Russian FM Sergei Lavrov speaks at the Asean-US ministerial meeting during the South-East Asian bloc’s 50th regional security forum in Manila, Philippines on August 6, 2017. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia Stresses Geneva as Basis of Syria Settlement

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...

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Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Iranian counterpart Mohammed Javad Zarif at a joint press conference following a meeting in Ankara on August 12, 2016. (AFP)

Turkey, Iran FMs Discuss Latest Developments in Syria

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...