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  • Turkey rejects truce in Nagorno-Karabakh

    The truce in Nagorno-Karabakh, which international mediators are calling for, will not lead to a settlement of the conflict, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

    "We are hearing calls from all over the world, and they are all about an immediate ceasefire." And then what?" said Cavusoglu, who arrived in Baku on Wednesday.

    "There has been a truce until now, what happened? There may be another truce, but what will be the result? Can you tell Armenia to leave Azerbaijani lands …

  • NATO Secretary General calls on Turkey to find replacement for Russian S-400 missile sytems

    NATO calls on Turkey to work together with the alliance to find a replacement for the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems, stated NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a joint press conference in Ankara after a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

    "We are concerned about the consequences of Turkey’s acquisition of the S-400 systems. The systems can pose a risk to Allied aircraft and can lead to US sanctions," Stoltenberg said.

    Stoltenberg added that despite …

  • Turkey: Talks with Russia on Nagorno-Karabakh failed

    Turkey's negotiations with Russia on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, where fierce fighting continues for the fourth day, ended inconclusively, announced Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. "We spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. As we operate together with Syria, so we tried here, but failed," Azeri Daily quoted the Minister as saying. According to Cavusoglu, Russia was given the same demands: Armenia should withdraw its forces and …

  • Armenia accuses Turkey of fighting alongside Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

    Azerbaijan's armed forces are carrying out strikes in the north part of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Defense Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook.

    "Turkish-made drones are being used," Stepanyan wrote. According to her, the enemy's aircraft operates at a distance, without entering the area covered by the Armenian air defense. "Air-to-ground long-range missiles are being used," the spokeswoman said.

    The Armenian Defense Ministry also said that the pilots' conversation in …

  • Turkey vows to support Azerbaijan in war for Nagorno-Karabakh

    Turkey is ready to provide military support to Azerbaijan in the conflict with Armenia, said Foreign Minister Mevlut Chavushoglu, reports Anadolu news agency.

    "Turkey is ready to support Azerbaijan both at the negotiating table and on the battlefield," said the Turkish Foreign Minister.

    Ankara sees the attack on Azerbaijan as an attack on Turkey, said Mehmet Mehdi Eker, deputy head of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

    The day before, Baku was supported by Turkish President …

  • Lukashenko’s family flown to Turkey amid mass protests in Belarus

    On August 9, at 6 p.m., a plane carrying the family of Belarusian President Alexander Lukasnenko landed in Bodrum, Turkey, said Andrey Suzdaltsev, an assistant professor in the Department of World Economics and World Policy at the Russian National Research University of the Higher School of Economics.

    According to Suzdaltsev, Lukashenko’s children and grandchildren were on board the plane.

    "It's not for nothing. Lukashenko is madly afraid," the Russian newspaper Moscow Komsomolets quoted the …

  • Turkey decides to stop TurkStream pipeline

    Turkey continues to reduce purchases of Russian gas, and in August for the first time since the early 2000s Gazprom may not supply Turkish customers with a single cubic meter of fuel.

    On July 27, for the second time in two months, gas flow through the Turkish Stream pipeline will be stopped, Interfax reports, citing the state-owned Turkish company Botas, which is the buyer of gas delivered through the pipeline launched in January.

    The $7 billion pipeline will be down for two weeks - until …

  • Russian military patrol comes under drone attack in northeastern Syria

    On 16 July, an explosion occurred on a road between the town of Ad Darbasiyah and the city of Al-Hasaka in northeastern Syria. The Russian military and Asayish police were sent to the area to inspect the scene after the patrols were completed. At that moment there was a second explosion, reported the Telegram channel Directorate 4.

    According to preliminary data, a makeshift UAV of pro-Turkish militia dropped an mortar shell. According to Kurdish media, three Russian servicemen, two Asaish …

  • Ukraine to purchase additional batch of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drones

    Ukraine intends to purchase another batch of Turkish combat drones Bayraktar TB2.

    According to the Turkish news agency Anadolu, the purchase of drones was discussed during the official visit of the Turkish Defense Minister to Kyiv. On July 10, during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar, Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Taran reportedly announced Kyiv’s intention to purchase an additional batch of Turkish strike drones.

    In 2019, Ukraine received six reconnaissance and strike …

  • Roadside bomb detonated on Russian patrol route in Syria

    A bomb was detonated on the way of a Russian patrol, several soldiers were wounded, reported the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria, as quoted by RBC news agency.

    The patrol was carried out jointly with the Turkish military. The explosion occurred on the morning of July 14, at 8:20 Moscow time. The convoy was on the M-4 highway near the town of Ariha, in the southern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone.

    A Russian armored personnel carrier was damaged in the explosion. The armored …