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Turkey Plans Syria Incursion as Long as Threat Lingers

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government's plan for a new military offensive in northern Syria will be on the table as long as Kurdish militants continue to pose a security threat to his country. Erdogan also called on the United States to pull troops from east of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey plans Syria operation as long as threat remains: Erdogan

New offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria is still on agenda until security issues are addressed, Erdogan says.

Al Jazeera

Russia, Turkey and Iran meet in Tehran: Presidents talk on war in Syria and Ukraine

Vladimir Putin works his Middle East connections. For his first international outing since the war in Ukraine, he went to Iran to meet with supreme leader Ali Khamenei and Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Iran and Russia are seeking closer ties in the face of Western sanctions. Also on the…

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Putin left waiting awkwardly alone at international summit

‘Mr Erdogan won the rematch,’ says one Turkish headline

The Independent UK

Inside 'torture prison' where guard dogs are trained to bite inmates' genitals

Turkey has a dark past when it comes to the treatment of prisoners. A 'torture prison' has seen reports of a dog being trained to bite the genitals of prisoners

Daily Mirror

Can Russia Revive the Adana Agreement between Syria and Turkey?

Whenever Turkey threatens to launch a military operation in northern Syria to establish a “safe zone,” Russia puts on the mediation table the revival of the Sochi Agreement on the east of the Euphrates, in preparation for the implementation of the Adana Agreement.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Erdoğan asks Russia and Iran to back Turkey’s incursion into Syria

Turkish president cites Kurdish forces in north-west Syria as justification for extending zone of control

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Fear among Syrian refugees over Turkey ‘voluntary return’ plan

Erdogan said he will not expel Syrian refugees but government plan to repatriate one million has raised concerns.

Al Jazeera

Fidgeting Putin kept waiting for Erdogan ahead of talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin was left waiting and fidgeting for 50 seconds by Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan ahead of talks in Tehran on Tuesday, prompting Turkish media to draw parallels with Putin making him and other leaders stand by in the past.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin gets taste of his own medicine as he's kept waiting by President Erdogan

Ukrainians seized on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's 48-second snub of Vladimir Putin after he arrived in Iran yesterday - a power play often employed by Russia's tyrannical leader

Daily Mirror

Russia's Putin searches for allies in meeting with Iranian and Turkish leaders

Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Iran is intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow's challenge to the United States and Europe as the military campaign continues in Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

Putin, in Tehran, Gets Strong Support from Iran over Ukraine

Putin, in Tehran, gets strong support from Iran over Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin won staunch support from Iran on Tuesday for his country’s military campaign in Ukraine, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei saying the West opposes an "independent and strong" Russia. Khamenei said that if Russia hadn’t sent troops…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian president Vladimir Putin visits Tehran for talks with Iran and Turkey

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin arrived in Iran yesterday for a visit intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow’s…

The National (Scotland)

Erdoğan keeps Putin waiting in awkward moment ahead of Tehran talks

Russian president was left standing alone as the camera shutters clicked away – a treatment he usually reserves for other world leaders

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Iran's Supreme Leader backs an 'independent and strong' Russia in support of Ukraine invasion

Iranian leader Ali Khamenei says Russia faced an attack from the NATO military alliance if it hadn't sent troops into Ukraine, mirroring Mr Putin's own justification for the war.

Al Jazeera

Turkey’s Erdogan renews case for Syria operation at Tehran talks

Erdogan says Turkey wants more help from Russia and Iran, but can fight ‘terrorist’ organisations without any support.

Reuters

Russia's war aims in Ukraine widen, U.S. says any annexations will be challenged

Russia's military "tasks" in Ukraine now go beyond the eastern Donbas region, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, as its forces shelled eastern and southern Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Putin endorsed by Iran for invasion of Ukraine but clashes with Turkey at summit

Tehran meeting saw discord over Erdoğan’s plan to intervene in Syria but ‘progress’ on shipping Ukrainian grain

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Putin meets Raisi, Erdogan in Iran for talks overshadowed by war

The leaders of Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Tehran to discuss the conflict in Syria but with the turmoil caused by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine far more in focus.

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Daily Mirror

'Clumsy' Vladimir Putin hobbles down steps with arm stiff by side as he arrives in Iran

Bizarre footage of the Russian leader shows his right arm completely rigid and not moving as he walked down the red carpet which was rolled out at Mehrabad airport

Reuters

Turkey's Erdogan seeks support in fight against Syrian Kurdish militia

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that the Kurdish YPG militia was taking steps to divide Syria with foreign support and that it would benefit the Syrian people to rid the country of them.

Reuters

Explainer: What Putin wants from Iran and why Tehran might be cautious

A budding courtship between Russia and Iran is an unwelcome development for the West that the United States will watch with concern, but it falls well short of a geopolitical game changer.

Daily Mirror

Nuke fears as Vladimir Putin jets into Tehran for talks with Iran's Supreme Leader

Vladimir Putin claimed Russia and Iran, both subject to sanctions, were bolstering links on areas including international security, trade and 'the settlement of the Syria crisis'

Al Jazeera

NATO would have eventually started Ukraine war: Khamenei to Putin

Meeting of Iranian, Russian leaders in Tehran came shortly ahead of trilateral summit with Turkey’s President Erdogan.

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