Turkey and Qatar on Friday insisted Ankara would keep a new military base in the emirate, rejecting demands from other Gulf countries for the facility to be closed. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain last month cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing Doha of supporting extremist groups. ...
Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone following Friday’s operation near Al-Aqsa Mosque that killed two Israeli police, with three Palestinian attackers also shot dead. “The president (Abbas) expressed his strong rejection and condemnation of the incident at the blessed Al-Aqsa mosque and ...
