Presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey are likely to hold a summit on Syria in Tehran sometime in late August or September, Russian delegation head at the Astana peace talks, Alexander Lavrentiev said Tuesday. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Russian delegation head at the Astana peace talks, Alexander Lavrentiev, said presidents of Iran, Russia and […]

Turkish President Erdogan said that the United States had lost its role as a mediator in the Middle East by moving its Israel embassy to al-Quds (Jerusalem). “The United States has chosen to be a part of the problem rather than the solution with its latest step and has lost its mediating role in the […]

Turkish President Erdogan and Russian President Putin in a phone conversation discussed the future of Iran nuclear deal in the light of US pullout from the agreement, a source in Erdogan’s administration told Sputnik. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed in phone talks on Thursday the prospects of the Iran […]

TEHRAN – Turkey will never accept a force in Syria led by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a group dominated by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the chief of NATO on Jan. 16. The phone conversation followed a recent decision by the United States to form a border protection […]

Since the U.S. confirmed training new force in northern Syria, tensions with Turkey have been running high, with Ankara accusing Washington of building a “terrorist army.” “The United States is now creating a terrorist army near our borders that threatens the security of Turkey. Our task is to strangle this army until it is born. If the United States […]

TEHRAN– Iranian president and his Turkish counterpart held a phone conversation during which the two sides called for expanding their ties and Erdoğan stressed the significance of ‘maintaining peace and stability in Iran. Erdoğan and Rouhani discussed ongoing demonstrations in Iran in a phone conversation on the morning of Jan. 3, according to Turkish presidential […]

TEHRAN– Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday urged the US and Israeli regime to “not take steps that will escalate the tensions.” The Turkish president’s remarks were broadcasted as a video message during the 16th Islamic Circle of North America-Muslim American Society Convention in Chicago, Illinois — one of the largest Muslim gatherings in […]

TEHRAN– Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Dec. 17 said Turkey wants to open an embassy in East ai-Quds (Jerusalem), following a decision by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to recognize East al-Quds the capital of the Palestinian state. “We have already declared East Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian state but we […]

TEHRAN – Jerusalem (al-Quds) is inviolable for Muslims, and ignoring that would have serious consequences, said Turkey’s president on Tuesday over reports that US President Donald Trump could decide to recognize the city as Israel’s capital. “Mr. Trump, Jerusalem (al-Quds) is a red line for Muslims,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a parliamentary group meeting of […]

TEHRAN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the United States of trying to punish and compromise Ankara over its refusal to act the way Washington wants it to. “They [the United States] are trying to punish, condemn and compromise us because we do not stick to their scripts, which are obvious and are […]