Turkish F-16 warplanes will fly over the country’s capital Ankara Monday to test its new Russian S-400 missile defences, Turkish media said, despite pressure from Washington for Turkey to drop the system. Ankara’s purchase of the S-400s has been a major factor souring relations with the United States, which says ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Qatar Monday on his first official trip to an Arab country since Ankara’s forces intervened in northeast Syria last month against Kurdish fighters. Ankara and Doha have grown closer since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties with their ...