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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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2 hour G20 virtual summit today will adopt strategy for global response to crisis
26 March 2020
Diplomats from the group - known as "sherpas" - have been meeting, also virtually and behind the scenes, to prepare a final statement and a press release, which are expected to lay down the modalities for future action
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Saudi G20 presidency to convene virtual Leaders' Summit on Thursday
25 March 2020
King Salman will chair the meeting to advance a coordinated global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its human and economic implications.
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A pragmatic partnership that has endured
5 March 2020
The Azerbaijan-Turkey-Georgia partnership has been successful and long lasting because it is based on strategic pragmatism, and is not aimed against any other third country, Brussels meeting hears.
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Russia slams Turkish actions in Idlib on the eve of Putin-Erdogan summit
4 March 2020
The spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Defence Igor Konashenkov told reporters that "observation posts of the Turkish forces in Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone were located in the fortified areas of terrorist groups and practically merged with them".
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Monday Commentary: Turkey relearns an old lesson
2 March 2020
"After the killing of 34 Turkish soldiers in Idlib last week Turkey's leadership may be realising that whilst they may want Mr Putin out of their way in Syria. Mr Putin may want Turkey out of his way across the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. That may have indeed been an important lesson to learn or relearn" writes Dennis Sammut in this week's Monday Commentary
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Turkey and Azerbaijan aim to increase their bilateral trade to US$ 15 billion by 2023
26 February 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan participated in a meeting of the Turkey-Azerbaijan High Level Strategic Cooperation Council on Tuesday, during which the two countries signed 14 co-operation agreements.
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Turkey says it will not recognise Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea
4 February 2020
Speaking on a visit to Kiev president Erdogan reiterated support for Ukrainian territorial integrity. Speaking earlier in the day the Turkish president said that Russia had been told not to stand in the way of Turkish forces in Idlib
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Monday Commentary: If Russians and Turks start killing each other in Libya and Syria, the consequences may be unpredictable
3 February 2020
Reflecting on new tensions in Russian-Turkish relations Dennis Sammut says that Erdogan is not the first one to discover that the hug of the Russian bear comes with a price. Others, not least in the Caucasus region, are watching as this drama unfolds, and wondering what the consequences may be.
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Merkel in Turkey for talks with Erdogan
24 January 2020
The German Chancellor joined the Turkish president on Friday morning for the official opening of the new German-Turkish University in Istanbul. The two leaders were expected to hold talks later on a range of regional and international issues.