The Biden administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve the sale of 40 F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, after weighing a Turkish request for the planes for more than a year, congressional sources familiar with the deliberations told CNN.
Biden Administration Faces Resistance to Plan to Sell F-16s to Turkey
The State Department has contacted Congress about major arms deals for Turkey and Greece, but a prominent senator is strongly opposed to the Ankara sale.
Menendez vows to block plan to sell fighter jets to Turkey
The Biden administration is considering a $20 billion transfer of 40 U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to Turkey and, separately, F-35 fighter jets for Greece, a development first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Friday and later confirmed by a person familiar with discussions who spoke to POLITICO on condition of anonymity.
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Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom says the Turkish government is offering $500,000 for information leading to his capture. Speaking toRikki Schlott of
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Assad says Turkey talks must be based on ending ‘occupation’
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Iran ‘Happy’ About Dialogue Between Turkey and Syria -Foreign Minister
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Friday his country was glad to see a rapprochement between its ally Syria and Turkey, which has backed the political and armed opposition to Damascus over the last decade.
Crowd attacks Syrian rebel figure over reconciliation push
Angry protesters in Syria’s rebel-held enclave have rallied against reconciliation attempts between Turkey and Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government and scuffled with a local Syrian opposition fi …
The UN votes to keep key border crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries
The UN votes to keep key border crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries …
Syria’s Assad hosts Russian envoy, discusses rapprochement with Turkey
According to Human Rights Watch, Turkey is home to around 3.6 million Syrian refugees. Business and policy professionals use PRO to monitor the regional economy and improve their reports, memos and …