Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
November 2021 - Turkey Special Weapons News
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- Turkey Offers To Mediate Between Ukraine, Russia RFE/RL 29 Nov 2021 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is ready to act as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia, even with strained relations between Ankara and Moscow over the sale of armed drones to Kyiv earlier this year.
- Moscow Says It's Ready To Help Armenia, Turkey Normalize Relations RFE/RL 25 Nov 2021 -- Russia says it is prepared to mediate efforts to repair relations between Armenia and Turkey following reports earlier this week of a request by Yerevan to facilitate such a rapprochement.
- Armenia Accuses Turkey Of Setting 'New Conditions' For Improving Ties RFE/RL 21 Nov 2021 -- Armenia's foreign minister has accused neighboring Turkey of setting "new conditions" for the normalization of relations between the two countries.
- Statement by NSC Spokesperson Emily Horne on National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's Call with Ibrahim Kalin, Spokesperson and Chief Advisor to the President of Turkey The White House 19 Nov 2021
- Readout of U.S.–Turkey High Level Defense Group Meeting DoD 16 Nov 2021
- Turkish military base in Iraq's northern Nineveh province targeted by rockets Press TV 17 Nov 2021 -- A number of rockets have targeted a military base in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, where Turkish military forces are engaged in operations against positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group.
- Turkey Arrests Businessman Suspected in Haitian President's Assassination VOA 16 Nov 2021 -- Turkish authorities arrested businessman Samir Handal, a suspect "of great interest" in the July assassination of Haiti's president, according to Haitian Foreign Minister Claude Joseph.
- Turkey refuses Macron's call for troops withdrawal from Libya Press TV 13 Nov 2021 -- Turkey has refused French President Emmanuel Macron's call for the foreign powers to remove their forces from Libya, describing it as a "wrong" solution ahead of the Libyan presidential and parliamentary elections.
- Turkish police arrest Israeli couple, national on charges of spying for Tel Aviv Press TV 13 Nov 2021 -- Turkey's security forces have detained an Israeli couple and a Turkish citizen on charges of spying for the Israeli regime, as the trio was spotted taking pictures of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's residence from the Camlica Tower in Istanbul.
- French Frigate Bristling With Missiles Deployed to Mediterranean Amid Turkey Tensions Sputnik 09 Nov 2021 -- France and Turkey are lined up on opposite sides of a regional dispute over gas drilling rights. In late 2019, Turkey and Libya signed a contentious maritime boundaries agreement laying claims to large swathes of the eastern Mediterranean, angering Greece and Cyprus. Athens and Cairo responded with a maritime delimitation deal of their own.
- Turkey test-fires long-range indigenous air defense missile: Military Press TV 06 Nov 2021 -- Turkey has successfully test-fired its long-range indigenous air defense missile Siper, a top defense official says.
- USS Mount Whitney Arrives in Istanbul US Navy 01 Nov 2021 -- U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and staff arrived in Istanbul, Turkey for a scheduled port visit, Nov. 1.
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