Tag: Cyprus
Set for Reset: Are Israel-Turkey Relations Back on Track?
Ties between the two nations soured in the past decade following the Mavi Marmara incident and the several escalation rounds between israel and the...
Erdogan Urges Taliban to Stop ‘Occupying’ Afghanistan, Says Turkey Ready to Run Kabul Airport if US Pays
World17:58 GMT 20.07.2021(updated 19:02 GMT 20.07.2021) Last month, after it was revealed that Turkey may stay on in Afghanistan to ensure security...
Turkey to Continue Drilling for Oil, Gas in ‘Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus, and All Those Seas’
In March the EU offered a string of incentives to convince President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to make good on pledges to mend fraught relations...
Turkey ‘Open to Negotiating’ With US on S-400s, Says Doesn’t Have to Keep Them Deployed Permanently
World12:09 GMT 10.02.2021(updated 12:46 GMT 10.02.2021) Ankara’s 2017 decision to purchase $2.5 billion worth of S-400 air defence systems from Moscow caused...
Peace Pacts, Military Ops, Soleimani Murder, Beirut Blast & More: How Middle East Will Remember 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated the already complex situation in the Middle East. But the region has also seen a few glimpses of hope;...
Erdogan Blasts US and EU Over S-400, Med Dispute-Tied Sanctions, Says Turkey Will Not Be Deterred
World16:49 GMT 14.12.2020(updated 18:15 GMT 14.12.2020) Last week, US Congress approved new sanctions against Turkey over its purchase of Russian-made S-400 air...
Turkey Reportedly Plans to Try to Cozy Up to a Biden Administration
World11:31 GMT 28.11.2020(updated 11:39 GMT 28.11.2020) On Tuesday, Joe Biden selected Antony Blinken as his choice for secretary of state. A veteran...
US Demands That Cyprus Cut Off Port Access to Russian Warships
World13:42 GMT 03.11.2020Moscow and Nicosia signed an agreement in early 2015 allowing for Russian warships to access the Mediterranean island nation’s port facilities...
Greece Slams Turkey’s Move to Send Research Ship to East Med as ‘Direct Threat to Regional Peace’
The gas reserves of the eastern Mediterranean have been in the centre of tensions between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus, which all have competing claims...
