Author: Anadolu Agency
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday said the Israeli army will keep security control over the Gaza Strip after “defeating” Hamas in the enclave. In a statement on X, Katz said his position on Gaza remains clear: “After we defeat Hamas’s military and ruling power in Gaza, Israel will have control security in Gaza.” He said Israel will have “full freedom of action, just as it did in Judea and Samaria,” in reference to the Israeli control over the occupied West Bank. Katz, who is known for his anti-Palestinian stance, said Israel won’t “allow a return to the pre-Oct.…
Türkiye assumed the command of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG-2), which is in charge of naval training and mine operations in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and the Aegean Sea. At a Monday ceremony held at the Mine Fleet Command in the Turkish coastal city of Erdek, Naval Capt. Kürşat Kurnaz assumed the command from Romania’s Capt. Sebastian Barote. Türkiye will lead the group for the seventh time until July 5. During the ceremony, Kurnaz received the SNMCMG-2 Commodore pennant aboard the flagship TCG YZB Güngör Durmuş. Rear Adm. Stefan Pauly, the chief of operations for NATO’s Allied…
The international community has caused the Cyprus problem and continues to “misdefine” it, according to the top diplomat of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). “It is the international community that created the Cyprus problem and they continue to misdefine the problem,” Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu said Saturday at the 4th International Strategic Communication Summit (Stratcom Summit ’24) organized by the Turkish Presidential Communications Directorate in Istanbul, Türkiye. Emphasizing that international platforms have failed to support the Turkish Cypriot people or provide opportunities for them to give voice to their cause, Ertuğruloğlu stated that, on the contrary, these platforms…
Middle Eastern countries must come together and commit to protecting one another to avoid “outside interventions,” Türkiye said Sunday amid regional uncertainty following the ouster of Bashar Assad in neighboring Syria. “It is time for the countries in the region to come together, embrace a culture of cooperation and commit not only to respecting each other’s borders and sovereignty but also to protecting one another,” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hadath television channel in an interview. Pointing out the need to establish “own interests and order” in the region, Fidan said: “We do not want Iranian domination in…
The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) will be sending a search and rescue team to look for people still thought to be trapped in Syria’s Sednaya Military Prison. AFAD said in a statement released Sunday that the extensively equipped team will be dispatched to the notorious prison, located 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) north of the capital, Damascus, and nicknamed the “human slaughterhouse,” where demonstrators against the former Bashar Assad regime were held and tortured. It said the team of 80 personnel will arrive on Monday.
Protests and boycott calls erupted across Spain on the weekend over the country’s arms sales to Israel. Demonstrators in cities including Barcelona, Valencia, Cartagena and the capital, Madrid, demanded that the government stop all arms trade with the country. Spaniards took to the streets following a call from the Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine and another pro-Palestinian group demanding a halt to the transfer of weapons that fuel the genocide against Palestine and a ban on the sale of military equipment to Israel. During the demonstration in Madrid, the crowd gathered in front of the US Embassy building…
Russian forces stationed at Khmeimim Air Base in Syria’s Latakia province continued to carry out activities Sunday, despite the fall of the Bashar Assad regime. With the Baath regime’s collapse, Russia continued to transfer its troops from Damascus, Homs and other cities across Syria to the base. Russian military vehicles were seen entering the base and a cargo plane was seen landing there as surveillance balloons gathered intelligence and helicopters were on patrol. Airstrips, air defense systems and other vital military equipment are located at the base. – RUSSIA EVACUATES DIPLOMATS FROM SYRIA Russia’s Foreign Ministry also issued a statement…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro expressed his full support for Palestine during the 24th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) held Sunday in Venezuela. “The ALBA-TCP Summit will one day be held in Palestine. I believe in this. We will hold this summit in Palestine, in Jerusalem. God willing, everyone will witness it,” Maduro said. “Jerusalem will once again become a sacred city where all ethnic groups live together in peace. It will not remain a city of Zionist, imperialist and war-mongering forces.” Addressing Pope Francis, Maduro called for stronger advocacy for the…
Syria’s fallen Bashar al-Assad regime airlifted approximately $250 million in cash to Moscow between 2018 and 2019, amid escalating Western sanctions and deepening financial dependence on Russia for military and economic support, according to records uncovered by the Financial Times. Documents obtained by the British daily reveal that Syria’s central bank flew shipments of U.S. dollars and euros, weighing nearly two tons, to Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport. These funds were deposited into Russian banks sanctioned by the U.S. The transfers came during a period when Syria, struggling with depleted foreign reserves, relied heavily on Russian military backing, including support from the…
The command of NATO’s Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG-2), responsible for naval mine operations and training in the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and Aegean, has been transferred from Romania to Türkiye. At a Monday ceremony held at the Mine Fleet Command in the Turkish coastal city of Erdek, Naval Capt. Kürşat Kurnaz assumed the command from Romania’s Capt. Sebastian Barote. Türkiye will lead the group for the seventh time until next July 5. During the ceremony, Kurnaz received the SNMCMG-2 Commodore pennant aboard the flagship TCG YZB Güngor Durmuş. Rear Adm. Stefan Pauly, the chief of operations for NATO’s…