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Kremlin confident that Turkey will conclude Syria operation soon
The Russian government predicts that Turkey will soon start wrapping up its military operation in north-eastern Syria, since the Syrian Kurds have agreed to postpone their self-governance plans, and Kurdish fighters will now be patrolling the border alongside Syrian government troops.
Last week it seemed like Russian President Vladimir Putin actually condoned the Turkish operation in north-eastern Syria, but insisted on his own red lines. According to analysts and Russian officials, one of his …
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Kurds agree to accept Syrian government protection against Turkey
The Syrian Kurds have reached an agreement to have government forces stationed along the border with Turkey, the Kurdish autonomous administration announced in a statement distributed by the Firat news agency.
The goal of the agreement with the Syrian government is to oppose Turkey’s aggression, the statement notes.
It also states that Syrian soldiers will be deployed along the border in order to assist the Syrian Democratic Forces, which mostly consist of Kurdish fighters.
“In the last five …
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Israel ready to assist Syrian Kurds
Israel strongly condemns the Turkish invasion of the Kurdish areas in Syria and warns against the ethnic cleansing of the Kurds by Turkey and its proxies, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a Facebook post.
“Israel is ready to provide humanitarian assistance to the courageous Kurdish people,” he wrote.
The EU has also condemned the Turkish army’s operation to purge the Syrian regions bordering on Turkey of Kurdish militia, which Ankara considers terrorist groups.
In response, …
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Russia and Turkey plan to abandon the US dollar in bilateral trade
The governments of Russia and Turkey signed an agreement on payments in national currencies (rubble and lira), reports the Russian Finance Ministry.
The purpose of the agreement is to increase the attractiveness of national currencies for Turkish and Russian companies, create an appropriate infrastructure of the financial market and gradually move to the use of the Russian ruble and the Turkish lira in payments between the parties.
The intergovernmental agreement provides for the expansion of …
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Syrian opposition creates regular army
Abdurahman Mustafa, who is affiliated with Syria's interim government, said that moderate opposition groups that are loyal to Turkey and that are fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's army have united, therefore, now rebels have a single command, reports Turkish Anadolu News Agency.
The army will try to "liberate all Syrian lands" and keep the country from splitting, said Mustafa. It is reported that the opposition's Defense Ministry will control the army.
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Ukrainian military to start using Turkish combat drones
Ukrainian Air Force received permission to use Bayraktar TB2 drones, reports the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
50 Ukrainian soldiers completed training in Turkey on the use and maintenance of drones.
"This is important in the context of the acquisition of specific educational institution experience in training specialists for new types of weapons, and it will also create the necessary personnel reserve for filling positions of already trained soldiers in the future," reads …
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Turkey receives second battery of S-400 missile systems from Russia
Turkey received all components of the second battery of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system, reports the press service of the Turkish Defense Ministry. The equipment was delivered to Mürted Airfield Command in Ankara on August 27.
Works on the installation of the system and training of personnel are continuing. The system should be operational by April 2020.
In 2017, Turkey and Russia signed a contract for the supply of four S-400 missile systems with a total cost of $2.5 billion. The …
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Russia,Turkey and Iran to decide the fate of Idlib at the summit in Astana
The presidents of Turkey, Iran and Russia will meet in Ankara on Monday as part of the Astana process, with the three countries holding regular meetings in an attempt to resolve the Syrian conflict, reports the Voice of America.
The fate of the last rebel stronghold in Idlib is expected to be the main topic.
As Syrian government forces advance on Idlib, Ankara warns of a looming humanitarian catastrophe.
In recent weeks, Syrian regime forces have been mercilessly attacking rebel positions in …
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Turkey and US conduct first joint patrol in Syrian de-escalation zone
On Sunday, Turkish and American troops carried out their first ground patrol in the “security zone” in north-eastern Syria, which is controlled by Kurds.
Ankara insists on patrolling the buffer zone in order to keep Kurdish fighters away from the Turkish border. Turkey considers the Kurdish militia in Syria terrorists linked to the Kurdish fighters in Turkey who have fought against the Ankara government for three decades. However, the Syrian Kurds are key allies to the US in the fight against …
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Turkey to buy additional Russian S-400 if US Patriot systems unavailable
Turkey will purchase an additional Russian S-400 anti-air missile systems if it cannot buy a Patriot system from the US, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, as cited by the Anadolu news agency.
“We still have a need for such systems, and it will persist until we can produce our own. If we are able to buy the equivalent from the US, we will buy a Patriot system, but if that doesn’t work out, we will buy another S-400 from Russia,” he told the International Strategic Forum in Bled, …