Tag: Turkey

The Islamic State (ISIS) has formally announced the death of its leader Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurshi, naming Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi as the terror group's next Caliph. While brief, the announcement claimed that Abu al-Hussein was killed during "direct clashes" with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants in Syria's Idlib Province...

Update (1230 EST): Turkish Free Cause Party Deputy Chairman Yilmaz blamed “drug barons” on the knife attack. https://twitter.com/gztburada/status/1682785983966658561?s=46&t=fwloThPnqgTH71QlDeR_hA Moments ago, initial reports indicated that Turkish Free Cause Party Provincial General Secretary Sacit Piskin was killed and President Salih Demir was injured in an attack in Adana. https://twitter.com/slmhktn/status/1682785200760135680?s=46&t=fwloThPnqgTH71QlDeR_hA According to Onjektifa: ”It was learned that...

Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed the biggest defense contract in Turkey's history on Tuesday as Saudi Arabia agreed to purchase Turkish drones. The signing ceremony took place in Jeddah, with President Erdogan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman present, as reported by Saudi state news agency SPA. Saudi Defense Minister...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has announced that Turkey will finally allow the unanimous vote to accept Sweden into the alliance. Turkish state media, Andalou Agency, has hinted at an agreement related to the European Union with a quote from a senior government official, saying, "The Government of Turkiye has...

Before departing Atatürk Airport for the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Turkish President Erdogan held a press conference and further clarified his positions on several significant issues. Firstly he said that his ability or willingness to approve Sweden’s membership in NATO largely depends on a tripartite agreement and meeting between...

Some of you may remember a number of months ago I published an interview with a journalist in Rojava, Kurdish controlled Syria, known as Woman Life Freedom (Telegram: https://t.me/womanlifefreedom , Instagram: https://instagram.com/woman_life_freedom?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== ). She, and the people she works with, were able to write a longform analysis of the...