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Turkey’s Top Diplomat Seeking to Discuss Grain Deal with Lavrov
Turkish officials are discussing three scenarios of how the situation around the stalled grain deal may evolve, and Turkey’s top diplomat Hakan Fidan is planning to discuss the results of these discussions with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba, the pro-government newspaper Yeni Safak reported on Friday. If no solution is found 'the [food] crisis would escalate' under a scenario that would not meet the interests of ...
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Russia, Turkey Agree on Putin Visit to Turkey Soon, Interfax Reports
President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed that the Russian leader will visit Turkey 'soon', Interfax cited a Kremlin aide as saying on Friday. The visit would be Putin's first to a NATO country since he ordered tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Putin has only rarely traveled outside Russia since the beginning of full-scale hostilities. 'There is an invitation from the president ...
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Jordan: Military Helicopter Crashes in Umm Al-Dananir (Video)
A military helicopter reportedly crashed on Monday in the Umm Al-Dananir area in North Amman near Balqa The military helicopter, identified as a Cobra type, belonged to the Royal Jordanian Air Force, a reliable military source said, according to Al-Mamlaka TV. The source added that it crashed during a routine training flight and that no civilians were injured. However, the helicopter suffered extensive damage as a result of the crash, and both ...
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Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership Held in Jordan Confirms Support to Iraq in Face of Terror
The second edition of Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership which was held on Tuesday in Jordan confirmed support to Iraq in face of terror, underlining the importance of sustaining the economic integration with the Iraqi state. Participants in Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership Jordan King Abdullah II underscored the Iraqi role in sustaining the regional cooperation, adding that the whole region is passing through a critical security situation. The Iraqi ...
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3 Security Servicemen Killed in Jordan Raid
Three Jordanian police officers were killed during a raid on Monday morning against an individual suspected of killing Jordanian police officer Abdul-Razzaq Dalabeeh amid protests last week, Jordan's Public Security Directorate (PSD)announced on Monday morning. The suspect was also killed during the raid and eight other suspects were arrested, the Jordanian security apparatus announced, adding that the investigation into the incident was ongoing. 3 شهداء من مرتبات #الأمن_العام وإصابه 5 آخرين خلال ...
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Jordanians Continue Fuel Protests As Gov’t Warns against Violence
Jordanians conducted sit-ins on Friday and activists called for further protests against rising fuel prices, which have increased the cost of living. One police officer was killed during a riot in the southern city of Maan a day earlier, Al Jazeera reported. The authorities said the policeman was killed on Thursday night by a gunshot fired by an unidentified individual when armed officers entered a neighborhood of Maan to quell riots. Youths ...
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Jordan PM Orders 4 Km Isolation Distance, Chlorine Gas Accident Probe
After a chlorine accident that has devastated hundreds in the Jordanian coastal city of Aqaba, Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh said that 'Although the situation is under control, we have decided to keep an isolation distance of 4 kilometers in diameter from the scene of the accident for additional hours.' Accompanied by the ministers of interior and health in the incident's region, Al-Khasawneh noted to the Jordanian Al-Mamlaka news channel 'that experts' ...
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Jordan’s King Says He Would Support a Middle East Version of NATO
Jordan’s King Abdullah II said he would support the formation of a Middle East military alliance similar to NATO, and that it can be done with countries that are like-minded. The kingdom works actively with NATO and sees itself as a partner of the alliance, having fought “shoulder-to-shoulder” with NATO troops for decades, the monarch told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble on Wednesday. Cooperation in the region “I’d like to see more countries ...
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