Turkiye, Iraq sign one-year oil pipeline deal
ISTANBUL(RAHNUMA): Turkiye and Iraq signed a one-year agreement on maintaining use of the crude oil pipeline between the two countries, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Saturday. The agreement extended a decades-long bilateral arrangement that expired on Monday which allows the operation of Baghdad’s only functioning export pipeline, the Iraq-Turkiye Pipeline (ITP). “While our […]
Turkiye wants to join a new Lebanon security initiative after UN mission ends
ANKARA(RAHNUMA): Turkiye is interested in participating in a new security initiative for Lebanon when the 7,500-member UN peacekeeping mission in the south of the country expires at the end of the year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a joint press statement with his Lebanese counterpart on Thursday. Last year, the UN Security Council […]
Turkiye hopes to have US sanctions lifted soon
ANKARA(RAHNUMA): Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday that Turkiye hopes to achieve a result on lifting US sanctions and its desire to purchase F-35 fighter jets soon, adding there should be no defense industry restrictions between allies. US President Donald Trump, who visited Ankara this week for a NATO Summit, announced on Tuesday that […]
Türkiye tightens security for NATO summit as Erdogan seeks to boost global standing
DUBAI(RAHNUMA): Turkiye is preparing for next week’s NATO summit with heightened security measures across Ankara, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to use the gathering to reinforce the country’s role as a key player in the alliance. Tens of thousands of police officers have been deployed, air defenses placed on alert and restrictions imposed on […]
UAE, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye ‘strongly condemn’ Israeli incursions in Syria
ISTANBUL(RAHNUMA): Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have blasted Israeli incursions and ammunition fire in southern Syria targeting the provinces of Quneitra and Daraa. Turkiye’s foreign ministry on Monday denounced the Israeli incursions after tensions near the Golan Heights forced some local residents to flee. “We strongly condemn the Israeli attacks against Quneitra […]
Israel government recognizes Armenian genocide in rebuke to Turkiye
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): The Israeli government on Sunday unanimously recognized the massacres of Armenians during World War I as genocide, a move widely seen as a rebuke to Turkiye and a stark signal of the deepening rift between the two countries. Relations between Israel and Turkiye have sharply deteriorated since the war in Gaza erupted after Palestinian […]
Syria provides internet through Cyprus, Turkiye after undersea cable ‘sabotaged’
LONDON(RAHNUMA): Syria’s state-owned telecom operator is continuing repairs on the “sabotaged” international undersea cable between the coastal city of Tartous and Alexandria in Egypt. Syria Telecom said on Tuesday that it is currently providing internet via the Ugarit Cable System, which connects Tartous with Pentaskhinos in Cyprus and runs 239 km beneath the Mediterranean Sea. […]
Erdogan rejects criticism of Turkiye’s peace efforts with Kurdish militants
ANKARA(RAHNUMA): President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the peace process aimed at ending Turkiye’s decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants was progressing in a “positive atmosphere,” after criticism from pro-Kurdish lawmakers. Speaking in parliament, Erdogan said recent steps had brought the process to a more sensitive stage following the approval of a parliamentary commission report […]
Turkiye considering deployment of F-16s to Cyprus, ministry source says
ANKARA(RAHNUMA): Turkiye is considering the deployment of F-16 aircraft to Cyprus, a Turkish defense ministry source said on Saturday. The person said such a move was one of the steps being considered amid the phased planning underway to ensure the security of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in the north of the island, as conflict […]
Turkiye says NATO defenses destroyed incoming missile from Iran
ANKARA(RAHNUMA): Turkiye said that NATO air defenses destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Iran as it headed into Turkish airspace on Wednesday, marking the first time the alliance member has been drawn into the expanding Middle East conflict. It was unclear where the missile was headed, but a NATO spokesperson said the trans-Atlantic defense bloc […]
