Ankara has denied German lawmakers permission to visit Bundeswehr troops stationed at a NATO base near the Turkish town of Konya. Similar incidents at Incirlik prompted Berlin to relocate some 250 troops to Jordan. Germany’s parliamentary defense committee was told on Friday that its trip to a NATO military base in south-western Turkey will be […]
Germany Set to Move Troops from Turkey’s İncirlik Air Base…
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday said that Turkey will continue to block a delegation of German lawmakers from visiting the strategic Incirlik air base. “At the moment, a visit to the NATO base in Konya is possible, not Incirlik,” Cavusoglu said at a joint press conference in Ankara on Monday with German Foreign Minister […]
Turkey, Germany Fail to Resolve Split Over İncirlik Base…
Germany May Pull Troops Out of Turkish Base…
Wolfgang Hellmich, the chairman of the Bundestag Defense Committee told the German news agency dpa “we’re not going to be blackmailed” by the Ankara government after a second German parliamentary delegation was prevented from visiting Turkey’s Incirlik facility. The air base is being used in the international fightback against so-called “Islamic State” (IS) militants…
Russia, Syria, and Turkey Have Agreed on Joint Operations in Syria…
If Russia wanted to, it could deploy three armored divisions to Syria within 72 hours and thereby permanently solve the problem of Islamist rebels. The US could do the same…