Daily Mail Today, police footage shared with Turkish media shows officers arresting Albashir, who is from Syria, at a house where she was allegedly hiding. The suspect’s arrest comes as CCTV appears to show the suspected bomber running away from the scene of the explosion, reports local newspaper Aksam. https://www.aksam.com.tr/trend/istiklalde-bombayi-birakan-teroristin-kacis-ani-ortaya-cikti/haber-1319335 Minutes after the bomb explosion, […]
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One can hardly blame them, really. Following up on yesterday’s news; Yenisafak and Daily Sabah Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said Türkiye will not accept the condolences issued by the United States over Sunday’s terrorist attack that claimed six lives on Istanbul’s Istiklal Street on Sunday. His remarks on Monday followed statements by Turkish officials hitting […]
If I was to make an educated guess…. I’d have to say this looks to be the work of the PKK. All very maddening for NATO/US. The US has been loudly expressing it’s displeasure with Turkey. For years now. PKK being a NATO affiliated irregular army.All these issues and the likelihood of a female bomber […]
….the border between Syria and Turkey. Nothing changes. I mean this exact reality was one that was occurring years ago and it continues to this day. This is not Turkish rhetoric. This is the reality I was able to discern years ago. Writing prolifically about this at my censored blog. Link The Syrian wing of […]
Foreign Policy Sweden and Finland have launched a new diplomatic offensive to convince Turkey to approve NATO membership for the two Nordic states after months of thorny negotiations turned what was supposed to be a smooth path to alliance expansion into a major diplomatic headache. This was never supposed to be a ‘smooth path’ to […]
Link Turkey believes that Sweden and Finland have not yet met all of Ankara’s conditions for joining NATO. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said both countries still need to take concrete steps. Speaking at a press conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Istanbul, Cavusoglu said Ankara has noticed that Sweden’s new government, led by […]
Bloomberg and Archive Erdogan’s close relations with Putin anger Western powers Turkey has positioned itself as a mediator in Ukraine war Clearly the US is not interested in settling the Ukraine situation or they’d appreciate Turkey’s moderation. Also, for Kaz, this US desire for war and more war likely explains the recent actions HTS has […]
Years back at the big tech censored blog the budding cooperative relationship was repeatedly reported on. This alliance was born in Syria. And it has continued to develop and evolve to this day. I’m not suggesting it’s perfect. I’m stating so far it is an effective working, realpolitik relationship TASS Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia’s […]
MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that targets in Ukraine were hit in response to the explosion on the Kerch Bridge and other “terrorist attacks” carried out by Ukraine’s intelligence. Link Earlier today it became known about explosions in major Ukrainian cities, including Kiev. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the information about shelling of […]
Original url https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2019/12/pt-2-meddling-outsiders-and.html Both pieces accessible here One more factor in all this was Assad’s “Four Seas” Strategy… (I’d written about his strategy back in 2011) this too was a plan that would have set Syria up as an energy hub integrated with Turkey, Iran and Azerbaijan. This plan could not be allowed to come […]