Tag: S-400
Sep 17, 2020 As the historic agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain continue to reverberate across the globe, the reaction from Turkey, the first majority Muslim country to recognize the Jewish state, ...
Jul 29, 2020 Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar asked US lawmakers today to abandon legislation that would sanction Ankara over its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense system that the House passed last week. “We hope ...
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Jul 21, 2020 The House passed legislation today that would force President Donald Trump to slap sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense system. House lawmakers unanimously adopted the bipartisan amendment, ...
Jul 8, 2020 Turkey’s relationship with the United States is historically fraught. A recent report by the German Marshall Fund of the United States noted there has never been a “golden era” for Turkey’s relations with the United ...
Alexei Yerkhov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, said his country would not be opposed if Turkey were to refrain from activating the S-400 missile defense system it purchased from Russia. “Suppose I’m a car dealer ...
During his two and a half years in the Trump Administration, Mike Pompeo has mostly managed to stay on President Donald Trump’s good side, even as other senior officials have come and gone. But the ...
The delivery of the Russian S-400 missile system to Turkey has focused global attention on the former Ottoman and Eastern Roman Empires. The S-400 system presents critical security and defense investment issues for the U.S., since it ...
After several years of verbal jousting with the U.S., Turkey last week accepted an initial delivery of a highly advanced Russian air defense system, the S-400. Supporting equipment to bring the system up to full ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s drive to restore Turkey’s stature as an indispensable Middle Eastern power is colliding with his misplaced confidence in his own judgment. Compounding that danger, Erdogan is feeding his hubris by surrounding ...
The chief of Turkey’s national intelligence service has been holding secret talks with Israeli officials, part of a Turkish-initiated effort to normalize relations, well-placed sources have told Al-Monitor. Speaking to Al-Monitor on condition that they ...