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Business Commercial and financial district, home to bank headquarters and renowned shopping centers in Istanbul (Reuters)

Türkiye Returns $5 Bn Deposit to Saudi Arabia

Türkiye’s central bank has reached an agreement with the Saudi Fund for Development to settle a $5 billion deposit received last year, as part of efforts to…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Arab World Erdogan stressed that the situation in the region requires new foreign policy equations (Turkish Presidency)

Türkiye Insists on Restoring Relations with Syria amid US Objection

Türkiye has conveyed new messages about maintaining efforts to restore normal ties with Syria, despite Damascus’ insistence on the Turkish military withdrawal,…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Arab World A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian President Bashar Assad receiving Russia's Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev in the capital Damascus (SANA/AFP)

Erdogan to Restore Relations with Syria to ‘How They Were in the Past’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he will extend an invitation to Syrian President Bashar Assad “any time,” renewing his readiness to…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Arab World Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AFP)

Erdogan Says Willing to Hold Summit with Putin, Assad to Normalize Ties with Damascus

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed that he may invite his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad for a summit…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Russia's Rosatom continues construction of the first nuclear power plant in Akkuyu, southern Türkiye (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Türkiye in Talks with US to Cooperate on Nuclear Energy Projects

Türkiye is holding talks with the United States on the construction of large-scale nuclear power plants and small modular reactors (SMR), a senior Turkish…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Arab World Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with his Czech counterpart, Jan Lipavsky, in Ankara on Tuesday (Turkish Foreign Ministry)

Türkiye Criticizes Some NATO Countries’ Support for Kurdish Units in Syria

Türkiye criticized the support provided by some of its allies in NATO to the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, the largest component of the Syrian Democratic…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Arab World Turkish tanks are seen in areas adjacent to regions held by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria. (Turkish Defense Ministry file)

Türkiye Fortifies its Positions in Idlib Ahead of Possible Military Escalation

The Turkish army has brought in military and logistic reinforcements to its positions in de-escalation zones in Syria’s Idlib that lie in the areas covered in…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Arab World Russian President Vladimir Putin received Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Moscow last week. (Turkish Foreign Ministry)

Moscow May Resume Normalization Talks between Ankara, Damascus

Turkish sources revealed that new steps may be taken to resume discussions to normalize relations between Türkiye and Syria in line with the Astana path. …

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)