Section: Al-Monitor (USA)
Ukraine deports suspected Gulen supporters to Turkey
Turkey’s Interior Ministry announced the deportation Wednesday of two suspects from Ukraine over alleged ties to a terror group in what human rights advocates condemn as illegal renditions without due process. …read more Source::...
Flight victims’ families reject Iran’s compensation, demand justice
Families of the victims of the downed Ukraine Airlines flight warned the Iranian government that they will not accept any planned compensation and rather will fight for justice. …read more Source::...
Will Turkish drones help Ukraine reclaim territory?
As the Ukrainian news media buzzes with speculation that Ukraine may be planning to reclaim control of Donbass by Turkish drones, direct involvement by Turkey in the Ukraine-Russia conflict would cost Ankara dearly in its relations with Moscow. …read more Source::...
Iran taps into emergency fund to compensate Ukraine flight victims
The Islamic Republic is to pay families of the victims of the Ukrainian flight it downed earlier this year. But the payment has been secured not from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for the missile attack but from an emergency fund meant for the public interest. …read more Source::...
Egypt, Ukraine discuss cooperation in furniture industry
Egypt and Ukraine step up cooperation in the furniture industry, as both countries eye new markets in Africa and Eastern Europe. …read more Source::...
Turkey on course to strategic partnership with Ukraine
Turkey’s thriving collaboration with Ukraine in key defense industry projects seems to be edging toward a strategic partnership that could challenge Russia’s standing in the Black Sea region. …read more Source::...
Israeli ultra-Orthodox cry persecution over Ukraine’s ban on pilgrimage
The ultra-Orthodox community has united behind a small, unpopular sect after Ukraine forbade this year’s traditional pilgrimage. …read more Source::...
Iran says it will not pay to replace Ukraine jet shot down near Tehran in January
No agreement has yet been reached on compensation for victims’ families, but Iran says it won’t pay for the aircraft itself. …read more Source::...
Iran, Ukraine hold ‘constructive’ talks over downed passenger plane
Ukraine’s foreign minister said the talks were productive, but the two sides have not yet agreed on compensation for the plane’s downing. …read more Source::...
Ukraine says black boxes from downed flight in Iran show ‘illegal interference’
Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister made the comments after the black boxes from Flight 752 arrived in France. …read more Source::...