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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani are seen during a joint news conference in Tehran, Iran, October 4, 2017 (Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS)

Iranian-Turkish Consensus to Prevent Changing Region’s Borders

by Adel Al-Salemi, Saiid Abdel Razek | Oct 5, 2017 | Middle East

London, Ankara — The leaders of Iran and Turkey renewed on Wednesday their warning of the separation of Iraq’s Kurdistan, in the wake of the independence referendum organized by the region last month. They also agreed to “prevent the change of geographical borders” in...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Reuters)

Iranian-Turkish Military Cooperation to Respond to Kurdish Referendum

by Adel Al-Salemi, Saiid Abdel Razek | Oct 3, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, London – Amid growing coordination between Ankara and Tehran to confront last week’s Kurdish independence referendum, Turkish Chief of Staff Hulusi Akar held talks on Monday with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran. Rouhani said during the talks: “Iran...

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Ankara Confirms Agreement with Baghdad on Iraq’s Unity

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 18, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- Turkish reactions rejecting the referendum on the independence of Kurdistan region of Iraq, which is scheduled for next Monday, have continued. At a time when Ankara continued its warnings, hundreds of Turks and Turkmen demonstrated in Istanbul Sunday,...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AFP)

Erdogan Warns Kurdish President against Going through with Independence Vote

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 17, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Friday Kurdish President Masoud Barzani of going ahead with the independence referendum on September 25. He said in a television interview: “Barzani will clearly see how sensitive we are to the vote after the...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Reuters)

Erdogan Confirms Turkey, Russia, Iran Share Same Stance on Syria’s Idlib

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 13, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed on Tuesday the importance of the sixth round of the Astana talks on Syria that will focus on the future of the region of Idlib. He told reporters as he returned to Turkey from a trip to Kazakhstan: “The...