Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — The French interior minister held talks here after Turkey sent three insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq and then Levant to Marseille rather than Paris allowing them to escape. NATO has expressed increasing concern over the use of Turkey by the ISIL. Ankara has been the only NATO member […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey’s Islamist government is facing scruting over its purchase of an unmanned aerial vehicle designed to battle civilian protesters. The opposition has questioned the government over its purchase of the Skunk Riot Copter. The copter, produced by South Africa’s Desert Wolf, was designed to fire a range of non-lethal balls […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has sought to maintain counter-insurgency cooperation with Middle East allies. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama sent an envoy for security consultations with Turkey, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The officials said the presidential envoy, Lisa Monaco, focused on the threat of Al Qaida, particularly in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has enhanced its security barrier along the border with Syria. Officials said the Interior Ministry was overseeing the construction of a four-meter barrier along Turkey’s 900-kilometer border with Syria. The officials said the wall would block infiltration from Syria, which reached 600,000 over the nearly three-year Sunni revolt against […]