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Turkey, US agree to form joint operation centre for Syria safe zone
Turkey and the United States agreed on Wednesday to establish a joint operation centre in Turkey to coordinate and manage a planned safe zone in northeast Syria, a move that appeared to reduce the chance of imminent Turkish military action, Reuters reports. The two countries gave few details of the deal, which followed three days of talks between...
Annexation of Crimea illegal: Erdoğan
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Aug. 7 that Turkey will not accept the illegal annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkey and US reach agreement on Syria safe zone, averting offensive
Turkey and US reach agreement on Syria safe zone, averting offensive The two sides will immediately establish a joint operations centre in Turkey to coordinate and administer the area in northern Syria, says Turkish Defence Ministry Ragip Soylu Wed, 08/07/2019 – 14:58 A convoy of Turkish armoured vehicles drive towards Bab al-Hawa crossing...
Zelensky Says He Called Putin to Discuss Situation in Donbass
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has told reporters that he held a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Donbass. Russia’s Kremlin confirmed that the conversation between the two leaders took place. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Ukrainian president says asked Putin to curb separatists
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday said he had asked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to put pressure on separatist fighters in the east, after four Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a grenade attack. “I called him urgently. I told him that this brings us no closer to peace,” Zelensky said during a briefing,...
Ukrainian leader urges Russia’s Putin to help end fighting
Ukraine’s new leader said he called Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday to urge him to help halt fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
New York judge says university must allow students to form pro-Palestine group
New York judge says university must allow students to form pro-Palestine group Fordham University’s decision to reject Students for Justice in Palestine was ‘arbitrary and capricious’, judge rules MEE staff Tue, 08/06/2019 – 18:55 Pro-Palestine student activists protest against efforts to silence them during a student...
Four soldiers killed in eastern Ukraine grenade attack
Four Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a grenade attack in the war-torn east of the country on Tuesday, Kiev said, the highest daily casualty toll over the past two weeks. The troops died in a rocket-propelled grenade attack near the village of Pavlopil close to the Kiev-controlled port city of Mariupol, said Oleksandr Danylyuk, secretary of the...
Kusto group thrives in the competitive Ukrainian agro sector
Kusto Agro, the Ukrainian based agrarian firm of Kusto Group, continues its expansion. …read more Source: Arutz...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to visit Turkey
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will pay a two-day-visit to Turkey on Aug. 7, according to a written statement from Ukraine’s presidency on Aug. 5. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
