Turkey not cool with U.S. forces wearing Kurdish insignia for Raqqa offensive

Turkey not cool with U.S. forces wearing Kurdish insignia for Raqqa offensive

by WorldTribune Staff, May 27, 2016 It is not acceptable for U.S. soldiers to wear the insignia of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) when embedded with the Kurdish fighters, a Turkish official said. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said photos showing U.S. special operations forces wearing the YPG insignia on their shoulders during operations against […]

Rocket launcher incident in Bosphorus strait further strains Turkey-Russia ties

Rocket launcher incident in Bosphorus strait further strains Turkey-Russia ties

Special to WorldTribune.com Tensions between Turkey and Russia increased on Dec. 6 when a Turkish TV station broadcast photos of what it said was a Russian soldier holding a rocket launcher on his shoulder as his ship passed through Istanbul. “For a Russian soldier to display a rocket launcher or something similar while passing on […]

Turkey recalibrates, expresses condolences over Russian pilot after Moscow publicizes ISIL oil link

Turkey recalibrates, expresses condolences over Russian pilot after Moscow publicizes ISIL oil link

Special to WorldTribune.com Turkey on Dec. 3 offered its “condolences” for the Russian pilot shot down by Turkish F-16s. “We expressed our sadness and expressed our condolences for the Russian pilot who lost his life,” Turkish media quoted Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in […]

United States, Turkey complete plans for ‘comprehensive’ offensive against ISIL

United States, Turkey complete plans for ‘comprehensive’ offensive against ISIL

Special to WorldTribune.com The United States and Turkey are set to engage in “comprehensive” air operations against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Reuters on Aug. 24 that the air campaign will target ISIL in a zone in northern Syria bordering Turkey. Arab allies including Saudi Arabia, Qatar […]

Turkey’s strategic Incirlik air base joins the war targeting the Kurds, ISIL and Syria

Turkey’s strategic Incirlik air base joins the war targeting the Kurds, ISIL and Syria

Special to WorldTribune.com A complex agreement reached by the Obama administration with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan allows U.S. coalition and Turkish aircraft to launch hostilities from the Incirlik air base. U.S.-led coalition aircraft are arriving in Turkey in preparation for a “comprehensive battle” against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Turkey’s foreign minister […]