Foreign Ministers of the member states of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) were received by the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The meeting took place on March 7 in Istanbul on the sidelines of the informal meeting of the OTS Council of Foreign Ministers. According to the Ministry »»»

Romania’s decision to host the missile defense system in Deveselu has proven to be the right one, says Dan Neculaescu, Romania’s ambassador to NATO, after the Alliance announced two days ago that it had intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile heading toward the territory of Turkey, a NATO member c»»»

All 10 economists polled by Reuters on the likely key rate decision the Turkish central bank will take on March 12 said they anticipated that the regulator would hold the benchmark at 37% in response to the market fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran, the news service reported on March 6. »»»

All 10 economists polled by Reuters on the likely key rate decision the Turkish central bank will take on March 12 said they anticipated that the regulator would hold the benchmark at 37% in response to the market fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran, the news service reported on March 6. »»»

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said an ongoing military operation by the United States and Israel against Iran is justified, arguing that what he described as Tehran’s aggression must come to an end. Speaking on his podcast “Flasim,” Sunday, Rama said the escalating tensions in the Middle East ha»»»

Donald Trump said on March 7 that he has told Kurdish forces not to enter the Iran war. Bloomberg reported the US president as outlining his position as he spoke on Air Force One on his way back to Florida after attending »»»

Donald Trump said on March 7 that he has told Kurdish forces not to enter the Iran war. Bloomberg reported the US president as outlining his position as he spoke on Air Force One on his way back to Florida after attending »»»

Donald Trump said on March 7 that he has told Kurdish forces not to enter the Iran war. Bloomberg reported the US president as outlining his position as he spoke on Air Force One on his way back to Florida after attending »»»

Donald Trump said on March 7 that he has told Kurdish forces not to enter the Iran war. Bloomberg reported the US president as outlining his position as he spoke on Air Force One on his way back to Florida after attending »»»

Donald Trump said on March 7 that he has told Kurdish forces not to enter the Iran war. Bloomberg reported the US president as outlining his position as he spoke on Air Force One on his way back to Florida after attending »»»

Authorities at the northeastern border with Turkey have arrested a truck driver accused of smuggling migrants into the country in the latest of a string of similar detentions, police said Sunday. A police statement said the overnight arrest at the Kipi border crossing followed the detection, using »»»

Coast Guard personnel in the southeastern Aegean Sea fired several gunshots to disable and stop an unusually high-powered speedboat carrying migrants – including 15 children – from Turkey to Rhodes and arrested two suspected smugglers, authorities said. A Coast Guard statement said the arrests late»»»

Minister of Industry Khaled Hashem discussed with officials of Turkey’s Polaris plans to expand industrial zones in Egypt and attract new investments. During a meeting with a delegation headed by Chairman of Polaris Tunç Ozkan, the minister said the state is moving to create a more attractive inves»»»

A drone strike on a British airbase in Cyprus has reignited an enduring debate about the UK's presence on the island. It's a week since the drone punched a hole in a hangar at RAF Akrotiri. That hole, for some in Britain, symbolises embarrassing gaps in UK hard power. For some in Cyprus, it's anoth»»»

Damascus, March 8 (SANA) Syria marks the first anniversary of the armed rebellion that took place along the Syrian coast between March 6 and 10, 2025, one of the most dangerous attempts by remnants of the deposed regime to destabilize the country following its fall on January 8, 2024. During those »»»

Tribune News Network Doha As part of Qatar’s constant support for the struggling Syrian health system, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has concluded a successful medical convoy in Damascus, Syria, in coordination with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society (SARCS) and Syria’s Ministry of Health (MO»»»

Dubai: A week after the United States and Israel launched a sweeping military campaign against Iran, the conflict has rapidly expanded across the Middle East, with strikes hitting nuclear facilities, military bases and senior leadership targets inside Iran. The fighting has already killed nearly 1,»»»

Damascus, March 7 (SANA) Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met Turkey’s ambassador to Syria, Nuh Yilmaz, in Damascus on Saturday to discuss recent regional developments and bilateral cooperation, the ministry said. According to a statement published on the Foreign Ministry’s Telegram»»»

With ethnic brethren in northern Iran and a US outreach to Iran’s Kurds following the launch of Operation Epic Fury, Turkey and Azerbaijan are at risk of being drawn into the war. For Iran’s Azeris, the largest minority group in a multi-ethnic country, it could mean trouble as ethnic fault lines th»»»

No plan survives first contact with the enemy. That popular quotation is really a paraphrase of a somewhat more verbose statement by Prussian Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder in 1871. It’s obviously true: events, like individuals and groups, are unpredictable and even well-executed plans »»»

Tehran: President Donald Trump said Friday that only Iran's "unconditional surrender" would bring an end to the Middle East war, as Tehran was rocked by some of the heaviest US-Israeli strikes of the spiralling, week-long conflict. Now in its seventh day, the war has embroiled nations beyond the re»»»

Bulgaria and Turkey discussed the escalating situation in the Middle East during a phone call between Acting Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov and Turkish Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler on March 4, the Ministry of Defense of Bulgaria reported today. The Turkish Defense Ministry also confi»»»

NATO has strengthened its missile defence posture after a ballistic missile launched from Iran and heading toward Turkey — a member of the alliance — was intercepted, raising fresh concerns about the widening fallout of the ongoing Iran war. The alliance said its missile defence systems successfull»»»

Greece will provide air defense support to Bulgaria by deploying a Patriot missile system and F-16 fighter jets as part of coordinated measures between the two NATO allies. The announcement was made by Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias after discussions with Bulgaria’s acting Minister of Defense»»»

For a sixth day, the US and Israel are battering targets in Iran, waging war from the air. Could there soon be boots on the ground? Maybe. But not American ones. Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in exile in northern Iraq have told the BBC they have plans to cross the border - and have had them for»»»

The war in the Middle East has spilled over Iran's northern border, with Azerbaijan saying Iranian drones struck its Nakhchivan exclave on Thursday. The airport terminal was hit, a drone exploded near a school, injuring civilians, and another drone was shot down. Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev»»»

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the Iranian drone strike targeting the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan, considering these hostile acts a dangerous escalation, a flagrant violation of state sovereignty, and a direct threat to regional security and stability. In a s»»»

Turkey said on March 5 that its state institutions are keeping a close eye on the actions ​of the Iranian Kurdish Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) militant group. Ankara’s terse words come at a time when reports suggest PJAK and other Kurdish groups could be armed by the US for an attack launched f»»»

The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly 20mn barrels of oil a day in peacetime, along with a hefty share of the world's liquefied natural gas. That is about a fifth of all petroleum liquids traded globally. It is, by any measure, the single most important shipping lane on earth. »»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to capitalise on the chaos on the energy markets by threatening to cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe, which is already facing a gas crisis that will amplified by the escalating war in Iran. »»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to capitalise on the chaos on the energy markets by threatening to cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe, which is already facing a gas crisis that will amplified by the escalating war in Iran. »»»

The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly 20mn barrels of oil a day in peacetime, along with a hefty share of the world's liquefied natural gas. That is about a fifth of all petroleum liquids traded globally. It is, by any measure, the single most important shipping lane on earth. »»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to capitalise on the chaos on the energy markets by threatening to cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe, which is already facing a gas crisis that will amplified by the escalating war in Iran. »»»

Turkey said on March 5 that its state institutions are keeping a close eye on the actions ​of the Iranian Kurdish Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) militant group. Ankara’s terse words come at a time when reports suggest PJAK and other Kurdish groups could be armed by the US for an attack launched f»»»

The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly 20mn barrels of oil a day in peacetime, along with a hefty share of the world's liquefied natural gas. That is about a fifth of all petroleum liquids traded globally. It is, by any measure, the single most important shipping lane on earth. »»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to capitalise on the chaos on the energy markets by threatening to cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe, which is already facing a gas crisis that will amplified by the escalating war in Iran. »»»

The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly 20mn barrels of oil a day in peacetime, along with a hefty share of the world's liquefied natural gas. That is about a fifth of all petroleum liquids traded globally. It is, by any measure, the single most important shipping lane on earth. »»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to capitalise on the chaos on the energy markets by threatening to cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe, which is already facing a gas crisis that will amplified by the escalating war in Iran. »»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to capitalise on the chaos on the energy markets by threatening to cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe, which is already facing a gas crisis that will amplified by the escalating war in Iran. »»»

The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly 20mn barrels of oil a day in peacetime, along with a hefty share of the world's liquefied natural gas. That is about a fifth of all petroleum liquids traded globally. It is, by any measure, the single most important shipping lane on earth. »»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to capitalise on the chaos on the energy markets by threatening to cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe, which is already facing a gas crisis that will amplified by the escalating war in Iran. »»»

The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly 20mn barrels of oil a day in peacetime, along with a hefty share of the world's liquefied natural gas. That is about a fifth of all petroleum liquids traded globally. It is, by any measure, the single most important shipping lane on earth. »»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to capitalise on the chaos on the energy markets by threatening to cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe, which is already facing a gas crisis that will amplified by the escalating war in Iran. »»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to capitalise on the chaos on the energy markets by threatening to cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe, which is already facing a gas crisis that will amplified by the escalating war in Iran. »»»

The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly 20mn barrels of oil a day in peacetime, along with a hefty share of the world's liquefied natural gas. That is about a fifth of all petroleum liquids traded globally. It is, by any measure, the single most important shipping lane on earth. »»»

The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly 20mn barrels of oil a day in peacetime, along with a hefty share of the world's liquefied natural gas. That is about a fifth of all petroleum liquids traded globally. It is, by any measure, the single most important shipping lane on earth. »»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to capitalise on the chaos on the energy markets by threatening to cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe, which is already facing a gas crisis that will amplified by the escalating war in Iran. »»»

Turkey said on March 5 that its state institutions are keeping a close eye on the actions ​of the Iranian Kurdish Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) militant group. Ankara’s terse words come at a time when reports suggest PJAK and other Kurdish groups could be armed by the US for an attack launched f»»»

Turkey said on March 5 that its state institutions are keeping a close eye on the actions ​of the Iranian Kurdish Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) militant group. Ankara’s terse words come at a time when reports suggest PJAK and other Kurdish groups could be armed by the US for an attack launched f»»»

Turkey said on March 5 that its state institutions are keeping a close eye on the actions ​of the Iranian Kurdish Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) militant group. Ankara’s terse words come at a time when reports suggest PJAK and other Kurdish groups could be armed by the US for an attack launched f»»»