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PARIS – France announced on Wednesday that it would temporarily increase its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean in the coming days, Anadolu reported Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis discussed the latest situation in the region, Macron’s office said in a statement. Highlighting the …

LONDON – A former British ambassador to Turkey has been named head of the government’s secret intelligence service (MI6) on Wednesday. Richard Moore, political director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will take up his new position in the fall. He served as the UK envoy to Ankara between January …

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey – Higher temperatures will not help slow the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), according to an expert. “If you maintain social distance and wear a mask, the infection rate of the disease may decrease, but the temperature alone does not work,” said Anadolu Recep Tekin, an expert …

ANKARA – Turkey tested the Russian-made S-400 air defence system on US-made F-16 aircraft during a drill in November 2019, Russian state media TASS reported Wednesday. The use of the S-400 against the F-16s was already reported last year. The new details from the Russian media seem to consolidate the …

BRUSSELS – NATO will investigate the confrontation between the French and Turkish navies in the Mediterranean, the bloc’s secretary-general said Friday after France accused its NATO ally this week of violating a United Nations arms embargo against Libya. “The incident in the Mediterranean was addressed at the meeting by several …

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi announced on Monday that Tehran, Moscow and Ankara are likely to hold a summit of the presidents via video conference. The timing of the meeting will be set during the upcoming visits by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to Turkey and …

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, will travel to Turkey and Russia next week to discuss bilateral and international issues, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday. Zarif will travel to Ankara on Sunday and will visit Moscow the following day to discuss the latest developments on …

MOSCOW – The Russian Council for International Affairs (RIAC) wants Russia, Turkey and Iran to find agreement on replacing the Syrian regime’s president, Bashar Al-Assad, and implementing a truce in return for creating a transitional government that involves the opposition, leaders of the regime and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). …

TEHRAN – Abbas Mousavi, spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, stressed that the Astana mechanism to address the Syrian crisis is a significant and necessary step towards ensuring peace and stability in the region. “Foreign ministers of the Astana mechanism guarantor countries (Iran, Russia and Turkey) emphasized on the significance …

MOSCOW – As of April 21, Russia has reported a total of 52,763 cases of the deadly virus, the number of which has increased by approximately 5,000 per day in the past three days, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). On April 19, Russia reported 6,060 new …