Special to WorldTribune.com Russia has responded to the downing of its Su-24 by Turkey last week by escalating its air strikes near the Turkish border and imposing economic sanctions on Ankara. At least 30 people were said to have been killed in Russian air strikes on the Syrian town of Ariha near the Turkish border […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russian President Vladimir Putin on Nov. 26 said the United States had been given the precise flight path of the Su-24 that was shot down by Turkey. “The American side, which leads the coalition that Turkey belongs to, knew about the location and time of our planes’ flights, and we were hit […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russian President Valdimir Putin on Nov. 25 said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s pursuit of “Islamization” is a major problem in the region. A day after Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24, Putin said “the problem is not the tragedy we witnessed yesterday,” according to the TASS news agency. “The problem is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Turkey’s military has intensified its attacks on Kurdish forces in both Syria and Iraq. Ankara’s forces have recently attacked People’s Protection Units (YPG) positions in northern Syria and launched air strikes on Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq. Experts say the recent landslide election victory has emboldened President Recep Tayyip […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Saudi King Salman has urged the United Nations to intervene after three days of clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters at the Temple Mount’s Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Salman “expressed strong condemnation of the dangerous Israeli escalation” at the holy site, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Sept. 16. “He […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Turkey sent ground troops into northern Iraq to pursue Kurdish rebels suspected of a bomb attack that killed 16 Turkish soldiers on Sept. 6. Tensions have increased in Turkey following the failure of Islamist President Recep Erdogan’s AKP party to increase his power in the June elections in which the Kurdish minority […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Turkish jets bombed Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) positions inside Syria for the first time on July 23. F-16 fighter jets launched the attacks from the southern city of Diyarbakir and dropped four guided bombs on ISIL targets, killing nine and wounding 12, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Turkey has increased its role in the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) but many observers say Ankara joined the fight in order to ultimately stop Kurds from establishing an autonomous region in northern Syria. Turkish security forces in the last few weeks have arrested dozens of ISIL terrorists […]
Special to WorldTribune.com In the lead-up to the June 7 parliamentary elections in Turkey, citizens could hardly turn on a television without seeing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan campaigning heavily for the Justice and Development Party (AKP). After the Islamist party’s stunning defeat on Sunday, however, Erdogan has suddenly slipped into the shadows. He has not […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Early results from parliamentary election voting on June 7 showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) standing to lose its 12-year hold on power. According to state-run TRT television, the AKP had 41 percent of the vote, which would not be enough for Erdogan’s party to win the necessary […]