Azerbaijan and Turkey are expected to ink a memorandum of understanding on Igdir-Nakhchivan gas pipeline, Trend reports citing Turkish media. Azerbaijan’s energy ministry confirmed the information, …
U.S. sanctions NATO ally Turkey over purchase of Russian defense system
The United States imposed long-anticipated sanctions on Turkey on Monday over Ankara’s acquisition of Russian S-400 air defense systems, further complicating already strained ties between the two NATO …
U.S. sanctions Turkey over purchase of Russian S-400 missile system
A week later, the United States cut Turkey, a financial and manufacturing partner, from the F-35 program. Under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which Trump signed in August …
U.S. Slams Turkey With Sanctions For Purchase Of Russia’s S-400 Air Defense System
Turkey nevertheless decided to move ahead with the procurement … credits, and assistance from U.S. financial institutions, and opposition to loans to the SSB from international financial …
US sanctions Turkey over Russia arms deal
Ankara acquired the Russian S-400 ground-to-air defenses in mid-2019 and says they pose no threat to NATO allies. But Washington has long threatened sanctions and last year removed Turkey from an …
Turkey-Iran tensions spike over Azerbaijan
Iran is stirring up a diplomatic quarrel over a poem recited by Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his recent visit to Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku. Tensions between Turkey and its historic regional frenemy …
One reported dead in fight between Kurdish groups in Iraq
A peshmerga soldier in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq reportedly died during a fight with the PKK on Sunday amid tensions between the two groups as well as with Turkey.
Pompeo tells Turkey its purchase of S-400 missile defense system will endanger U.S. military
The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States has made clear to Turkey that its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems would endanger the security of U.S.
Trump moves to sanction Turkey over Russian missile defense system under pressure from Congress
The Trump administration will sanction Turkey for its purchase of a Russian surface-to-air missile system more than a year after Ankara took delivery of the weapons, a delay that so frustrated …
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Turkey Over 2017 Purchase of Russian Missile Defenses
The Trump administration issued sanctions against Turkey’s military acquisitions agency on Monday to punish the NATO ally more than three years after it bought a missile defense system from Russia.