Turkey has banned the entry of over 7,000 suspected foreign jihadists en route to Iraq and Syria, the country’s Foreign Minister has announced. At a two-day Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) conference in Basel, Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu told his counterparts that Turkey’s “no enter” list now includes some 7,200 names, reports […]
Turkish PM: Assad and his inner circle about to leave Syria
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday: ( Syrian president Bashar ) Assad and his inner circle about to leave Syria and we are getting ready for the new phase.
Turkish ship to carry Viva Palestina convoy to Egypt
A Turkish ship will carry the Viva Palestina convoy to Egypt’s Al Arish port from city of Latakia in Syria. Earlier, Turkish humanitarian aid foundation said, Viva Palestina convoy was struggling to find new ship firms after the agreed firms canceled the deal on the grounds that Israel may attack the ships on the road […]
Crew missing after ship capsizes off Lebanon
All but one of 12 Ukrainian crew members were missing after a cargo ship capsized in international waters some 80 km (50 miles) off the Lebanese coast, the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon said on Saturday. An Israeli military source identified the ship as a Togolese-flagged Turkish cargo vessel that was heading to Israeli port […]