The Latest Breaking News from Türkiye

Oil production in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region (KRI) is at risk after a halt in northern exports has forced firms operating there to cease output or divert crude to storage, where capacity is limited. Iraq was forced to halt around 450,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude exports, or half…

Türkiye’s foreign ministry summoned the French ambassador to “strongly condemn” the French senate's decision to host Syrian Kurdish groups that Ankara considers to be terrorists, the Turkish state-run news agency reported Monday. Pierre Laurent, vice-president of the French Senate, announced on Twitter Saturday that he hosted a delegation from northeast…

The Irish government allocated an overall support package of €10 million in direct response to the emergency appeal to the organisations working on the ground in the affected regions in Syria and Türkiye

The Kurdistan Pipeline Company has shut the Iraq-Türkiye pipeline at the request of the Turkish government, oil companies in the regions said on Monday. The news comes after comes after Iraq on Saturday halted crude exports from its northern region after the country won an arbitration case in which it…

Iraq halted crude exports from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and northern Kirkuk fields on Saturday, an oil official told Reuters, after the country won a longstanding arbitration case against Türkiye. The decision to stop shipments of 450,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude relates to a case from 2014, when…

The first daily fast of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan began Thursday, as hundreds of millions of Muslims worldwide enter a four-week period of worship. The observance comes at a time when numerous countries and governments across the Middle East are taking tentative steps towards calming enduring conflicts and…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani bilateral relations, as well as cooperation in combating terrorism, rebuilding Iraq, and enhancing collaboration in the fields of water, trade and energy. Sudani arrived in Ankara on Tuesday on a two-day visit at the head of a…

Sabreen Abu Jazar was only hours from completing the perilous journey from Gaza to meet her husband in Europe last month when her migrant boat flipped and sank 100 meters from the Greek coast. Her body was finally returned home this week. "She phoned me just before travelling and asked…

Hussein Mankawi has little hope he will ever rebuild his home and food distribution businesses in the northwest Syrian city of Jandaris after they were reduced to rubble by last month's deadly earthquake, wiping out his life's work. "What can we do? We'll put up a tent instead. There is…

Türkiye's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and its allies will not field a presidential candidate in May, its co-leader said on Wednesday, raising the prospect of the opposition uniting against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's re-election bid. Speaking at a news conference, Pervin Buldan did not openly say whether her alliance…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Tuesday to step up the flow of water along the Tigris River to drought-stricken Iraq for one month. Erdogan told Iraq's visiting Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani that he was aware of the "urgent need for water" in Turkiye's war-scarred neighbour. Official Iraqi statistics…