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Saudi foreign affairs minister and Turkish counterpart hold joint news press conference on Thursday (SPA)

Al-Jubeir: Iran should Reject Violence and Stop Stirring Sectarian Strife

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Oct 14, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh-Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Jubeir said on Thursday that Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces was a sectarian militia organization with affiliations to Iran, causing problems and divisions, and committing ethnic crimes against civilians in different...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, greets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Konstantin palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin in Istanbul to Discuss Syrian Crisis, Bilateral Relations

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Oct 10, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara–Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to arrive in Istanbul on Monday to attend the 23rd World Energy Congress. The Syrian crisis will be at the top of Putin’s agenda during his meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The officials will...

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Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Mevlut Cavusoglu: A Diplomat for Hard Challenges

by Said Abdul Razzak | Sep 11, 2016 | Features

Ankara- The appointment of Mevlut Cavusoglu to head the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs twice in 2015 can’t be separated from the political frame of the policy adopted by the AKP-Justice and Development party since 2003. Cavusoglu was appointed as a Minister of...

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Kurdish fighters from the People’s Protection Units (YPG) greet each other in the northeastern city of Hasakah, Syria, August 21, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said

Turkey Says Syrian Kurdish YPG Carrying out Ethnic Cleansing

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 29, 2016 | Middle East

Turkey on Monday said it would continue targeting a Syrian Kurdish militia in Syria if it failed to fulfil promises to retreat east of the Euphrates River, accusing the group of ethnic cleansing. But the warning came amid a call by a top U.S. official to focus on the...

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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in a press conference in Ankara on Friday. Reuters

Çavuşoğlu after Meeting Zarif: ‘Turkey’s Security is Iran’s Security’

by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 13, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara- Following the critical meeting between Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Friday in Ankara, where the two ministers expressed mutual understanding on Syria’s territorial...