Turkish Defense Minister: Greece's agreements within NATO are a measure that weakens the entire alliance
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that Greece is conducting agreements with several countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is taking a path that is greater than its size.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar confirmed that Greece is conducting agreements with several countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is taking a path greater than its size, saying: "Creating an alliance within an alliance weakens NATO."
This came in a meeting on Saturday with media representatives at the Defense Ministry building in the capital, Ankara.
Commenting on Greece's efforts to expand its maritime borders to 12 miles, Akar said: "Greece must not test us, and not carry out any maneuver, God willing, they will not make such a mistake."
On the fight against terrorism, Akar indicated that 33,275 terrorists have been neutralized since July 24, 2015, and 2,795 terrorists since January 2021, including in northern Syria.
Regarding the developments in Kazakhstan, Akar said: "Our brothers in Kazakhstan will overcome all difficulties with their own means and capabilities, and we always stand by them."
Regarding relations with Armenia, Akar expressed his hope that Armenia will understand and accept the hand of peace extended to it by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
In this regard, he praised the Turkish-Russian cooperation through the joint monitoring center in Karabakh, and its successful contribution to the ceasefire.
Controversy after appointing the daughter of the Palestinian ambassador to Tehran for more than 30 years to succeed her father - (Tweets)
The news of Salam Al-Zawawi’s swearing-in, Saturday, in front of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during her inauguration ceremony as the Palestinian ambassador to Iran, instead of her father, sparked controversy among the pioneers of social networking sites.
Al-Zawawi's name topped the Palestinian websites and the pages of networking activists who criticized her assuming the position of ambassador to Palestine, succeeding her father, who held the same position since 1980.
Al-Zawawi is the second Palestinian ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran since the Islamic Revolution, after Hani Al-Hassan.
Al-Zawawi Sr. has held this position since 1980 and is a founding member of the Fatah movement. He was also a former ambassador to Palestine in Algeria, Brazil and Kenya.
He was called the "Sheikh of Ambassadors" because of his long presence as ambassador to Iran.
Sudan after Hamdok: crisis and dangers
The scene in Sudan returned to the square of the crisis that followed the military coup in late October of last year, after a short tour that included the removal of the dismissed Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok from house arrest and his assignment to form a new government after signing an agreement with the coup leader, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan.
It took the generals only two weeks to shed more Sudanese blood, but went further when they revived the policies of Omar Hassan al-Bashir in authorizing the security services with broad powers of repression.
Thus, the coup reveals once again its actual contents, and again puts Sudan before serious political, social, economic and health risks.
Qatar welcomes the launch of the United Nations consultations for a comprehensive political process in Sudan
The State of Qatar welcomed the United Nations' announcement of the launch of preliminary consultations for a comprehensive political process between the Sudanese parties, with the aim of reaching an agreement that would bring the country out of its current crisis, and agree on a sustainable path of progress towards democracy and peace.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed, in a statement reported by Qatar News Agency (QNA) this evening, Saturday, the State of Qatar's aspiration that the consultations would pave the way to reach a consensual formula that represents all spectrums of the brotherly Sudanese people and achieves their aspirations for freedom, peace and justice.
The statement reiterated Qatar's full support for the unity, sovereignty and stability of Sudan.
Earlier today, the United Nations announced the launch of preliminary consultations for a comprehensive political process between the Sudanese parties.
From the Iranian port of "Jask"? A UN report reveals the source of weapons smuggled to Yemen
The Wall Street Journal says that thousands of rocket launchers, machine guns, sniper rifles and other weapons that the US Navy has seized in the Arabian Sea in recent months are likely to have come from a port in Iran. Learn the details.
The "Wall Street Journal" said that thousands of rocket launchers, machine guns, sniper rifles and other weapons that the US Navy seized in the Arabian Sea in recent months likely came from a port located in Iran.
This came according to a confidential report issued by the United Nations that provides detailed evidence of Iran's export of arms to Yemen and elsewhere.
The draft report prepared by a UN Security Council panel of experts on Yemen says that small wooden boats and land transports have been used in attempts to smuggle weapons made in Russia, China and Iran along the roads leading to Yemen that the US military has tried to stop for years.
The report, citing interviews with crews of Yemeni boats, and navigation tools found on those boats, reveals that they took off from the Iranian port of Jask on the Sea of Oman.
Jask was once an obscure port exporting fruits and vegetables to Oman, located on a small coastal city in southeastern Iran that has grown in strategic importance over the past decade.
Then, in 2008, it began hosting a naval base, and the Iranian authorities opened an oil export terminal there last year.
While US officials say JASK has been used as a staging point for Iranian Revolutionary Guards operations for some time, the UN report provides the first detailed evidence of specific arms shipments linked to the port.
The report finds that the Houthis in Yemen's continued access to smuggled weapons helped give the group the upper hand in the seven-year civil war, despite the intervention of the Saudi-led coalition forces.
The Houthis control the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, and its main port, Hodeidah. They have also doubled their attacks on Marib to control it, as it is the most important stronghold of the government and the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense, in addition to its enjoyment of oil and gas wealth.
Iran has openly supported the Houthis in their struggle in Yemen and abroad against targets in Saudi Arabia and the Red Sea, but it has long denied supplying the group with weapons. Iran told the UN Committee that its weapons had not been sold, transferred or exported to Yemen.
The UN panel's findings are part of a broader report on sanctions on Yemen seen by The Wall Street Journal that provides a rare detailed account of Iran's support for armed groups across the Middle East.
And this issue looms on the horizon of the Vienna talks, which aim to revive the agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear activity, at a time when Israel and some Arab Gulf states are calling for more restrictions on Iranian support for armed groups.