President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and President Hassan Rouhani of Iran in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday./ as a blow to the global economy and a threat to regional stability. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia evidently also saw it as a chance to make ...
The leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran meeting in Ankara on Monday agreed to try to ease tensions in northwest Syria’s Idlib region, but disagreements between the countries appeared to linger, especially over the threat from Islamic State./ Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia, Tayyip Erdogan of ...
- President Vladimir Putin said Russia is willing to help defend Saudi Arabia by selling it the advanced S-400 anti-aircraft system after major oil facilities in the kingdom came under attack at the weekend, halting half of its crude production. “For self-defense, for the defense of one’s ...
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media after Friday prayers in Istanbul, Sept. 13, 2019, shortly after former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced his resignation from Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, in Ankara, Turkey. Davutoglu has also announced ...
Russia has offered to sell Saudi Arabia the same missile defense it sold Iran and Turkey after U.S. systems failed to detect or intercept a recent attack on key oil sites in the kingdom. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday his country was "ready to provide appropriate assistance to ...
Iran’s president said on Monday that diplomacy, not a military approach, was the only solution to the crisis in Syria, ahead of trilateral talks with his Turkish and Russian counterparts in Ankara aimed at forging a lasting truce in the region./ Presidents Hassan Rouhani of Iran, Tayyip Erdogan ...
The leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran meet on Monday to try to secure a lasting truce in northwest Syria following attacks by the government that risk deepening regional turmoil and pushing a new wave of migrants toward Turkey./ FILE PHOTO - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President ...
Erdogan/ Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan pose for a picture before their talks in Ankara, Turkey September 16, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS/ ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey, Russia and Iran need to take more responsibility to establish ...
28PM [Updated: Sun Sep 15, 2019 01:28PM ]/ Thousands of Syrians have returned to their hometowns in the country’s northwest after government forces purged the areas of foreign-backed militants. Syria’s official news agency, SANA, reported that "thousands of citizens returned" to their villages ...
22AM [Updated: Tue Sep 17, 2019 02:22AM ]/ The presidents of Turkey, Iran, and Russia held their 5th trilateral summit in the Turkish capital Ankara to discuss a political resolution to Syria’s eight-year conflict. The three presidents held a meeting followed by a joint presser where Turkish ...
38PM [Updated: Mon Sep 16, 2019 03:41PM ]/ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on September 16, 2019. (Photo by IRNA)/ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says cooperation among Iran, Russia, and Turkey, as the three ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) pose before their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on September 16, 2019. (AFP photo)/ The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says use of local currencies in bilateral trade with Turkey would ...
Members of the Syrian government forces are transported in the back of military vehicles toward the town of Khan Shaykhun in the northern Idlib province on August 24, 2019, after they announced the total control of the city a day before. (Photo by AFP)/ The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey ...
GRAPHIC CONTENT This file photo taken on January 20, 2014 shows the scene of a double suicide car bombing at the Bab al-Hawa border post between Syria and Turkey which killed at least 16 people and wounded 20 more. (Photo by AFP)/ A car bomb has struck the Al-Rai town near the Turkish border in ...
Trump and Netanyahu met at the White House this week and unveiled the US ceasefire proposal/ Hamas agreeing to release the remaining hostages, albeit subject to negotiations and certain conditions being met, will give real hope to the family members in Israel who have been desperate for this ...
point peace plan is the latest attempt to end the conflict in Gaza/ Hamas has agreed to release all the remaining Israeli hostages but says it wants further negotiations on a number of key points outlined in the US peace plan. In a statement, the group said it agreed "to release all Israeli ...
Four Italian citizens have been deported from Israel after they were detained by Israeli authorities when boats sailing in a flotilla carrying aid bound for Gaza were intercepted, Israel's foreign ministry has said. More than 470 people were detained, according to Israeli police. The ministry ...
Moment Israeli navy intercepts activist boats carrying aid to Gaza/ Hundreds of activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, have been detained by Israeli forces after a flotilla carrying aid bound for Gaza was intercepted. Israel's Foreign Ministry said those involved in the ...
Activists on a flotilla which is trying to breach Israel's naval blockade and deliver aid to Gaza say they are back on course after a reported confrontation with an Israeli warship in the early hours of Wednesday. The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) says that one of its lead vessels, Alma, was ...
A school sheltering for displaced people in southern Gaza City was struck by Israeli forces overnight/ Israel's defence minister has said its forces are "tightening the siege" around Gaza City by extending its control of a military corridor across the territory towards the coast. Isael Katz also ...
Donald Trump's framework agreement for ending the Gaza war and reconstructing the devastated territory has momentum behind it. Much of it comes from the president himself. Momentum comes too from leading Arab and Islamic countries who have supported the plan, including Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, ...
A senior Hamas figure has told the BBC that the group is likely to reject Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza, saying it "serves Israel's interests" and "ignores those of the Palestinian people". The figure said that Hamas is unlikely to agree to disarming and handing over their weapons - a key ...
He promised total victory for Israel, but standing next to Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, it was Benjamin Netanyahu who looked defeated. Israel's prime minister was saying all the right things about the peace deal he had just agreed to, but he seemed deflated, his voice hoarse and ...
Trump and Netanyahu outline peace plan to end war in Gaza/ European and Middle Eastern leaders have welcomed a US peace plan for Gaza, as President Donald Trump warned Hamas to accept it. The plan, agreed by Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, proposes an immediate end to ...