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Israeli settlers attack army base in West Bank
30 June 2025
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Türkiye and the Levant
Stories under this heading cover Türkiye as well as the Levant – a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia, consisting of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine.
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Ten people were killed when Israel attacked an aid centre in Gaza
30 June 2025
According to the news channel Al Jazeera and the Palestinian news agency Wafa, at least ten Palestinians who were desperately seeking aid from a controversial and heavily criticised United States–backed organisation have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza over the last 48 hours, according to the besieged enclave’s Government Media Office.
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US Navy ship sails through Bosphorus on the way to Black Sea
7 January 2019
The USS Fort McHenry, with embarked elements of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, began its north-bound transit of the Dardanelles Strait, en route to the Black Sea, on January 6, 2019.
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SOCAR's Star Refinery in Izmir to become important money-earner for Azerbaijan
4 January 2019
The Star oil refinery is one of the largest foreign investments ever to be made in Turkey, and it is also becoming a symbol of friendship and co-operation between the two countries. Azerbaijan however also sees the investment as a sound business venture
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UN General Assembly slams Russia's moves in Crimea
19 December 2018
The UN General Assembly in a resolution on Monday (17 December) condemned the increasing Russian military presence in parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
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Military chiefs of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia hold trilateral meeting in Baku
21 November 2018
A statement posted on the website of the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry said that "during the meeting the military-political situation in the region and problems of regional security were comprehensively discussed"
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Putin and Erdogan attend ceremony to mark completion of offshore section of TurkStream
20 November 2018
Putin hails TurkStream and the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant as symbols of the development of relations between Turkey and Russia, and said his country wants to reach a $100 billion bilateral trade volume with Turkey.
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Leaders gather in Paris to mark 100th anniversary since the end of the first world war
11 November 2018
The first world war lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. 70 million military personnel took part in the fighting, making it one of the largest wars in history. An estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a direct result of the war.
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Ukraine signs agreement with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
4 November 2018
The Government of Ukraine and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople have signed an agreement on co-operation and collaboration. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I signed the agreement in Istanbul on Saturday during the official visit of president Poroshenko to Turkey.
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Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey met in Istanbul
30 October 2018
Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu said: "On any platform or under any condition, Turkey supports the territorial and boundary integrity of Georgia and Azerbaijan. We strongly stress that at every platform."
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Istanbul hosts four-party summit on Syria (Updated)
27 October 2018
The leaders of Turkey, Russia, Germany, and France on Saturday expressed their determination to end the bloodshed in war-torn Syria as quickly as possible