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Daily Sabah
March 22, 2018
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged yesterday his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump to put U.S. officials, who make statements on ties on Turkey and the ... again criticized Washington's weapons support to the PKK-affiliated groups, saying the U.S. possibly uses those weapons "against Turkey or Iran.".
Middle East Eye
March 22, 2018
The issue of chemical weapons is also used to discredit adversaries. Iran, Russia and Syria recently accused Turkey of having used chemical weapons in an offensive on the enclave of Afrin, for example. The Syrian ambassador in New York also regularly accuses armed opposition groups of fomentingÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
March 22, 2018
The images of ammunition and weapons belonging to the People's Protection Units (YPG) found in storage in Afrin after the Turkish Armed Forces entered the northern Syrian city are likely to remain some of the most striking images from the entire operation. In the footage, which one can view on YouTube,Ãâà...
AMN Al-Masdar News
March 22, 2018
Although the AT-4 armament was developed and produced in Sweden by Saab Bofors Dynamics, it's believed that the US originally supplied the launchers to Kurdish-led forces in Syria, before they were handed over to PKK combatants to be used against the Turkish army. Alternatively, the weapons mayÃâà...
Daily Sabah
March 21, 2018
The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) are reportedly collecting data on the serial numbers and origins of weapons and ammunition captured after the Turkish military took control of Afrin on ... These cases are aimed at proving Turkey's commitment to the fight against terrorism via concrete proof, reports said.
Sputnik International
March 21, 2018
The Syrian news agency SANA earlier reported citing hospital medics that the Turkish forces had used chemical weapons amid its ongoing ... The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has not found evidence of the possible use of chemical weapons by Turkey in Syrian Afrin, theÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
March 20, 2018
Deputy Turkish Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ said yesterday that the Turkish army has collected weapons supplied by the United States to the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) – an organisation designated by Ankara as terrorist – in the countryside of Afrin, Syria. Bozdağ said that Turkey does notÃâà...
Haaretz
March 19, 2018
On Monday morning, Turkish Deputy PM claimed "terrorist groups" left weapons behind after Turkish forces captured Syria's Afrin on Sunday. As a result, Turkey collected most of the weapons given to the Kurdish YPG by the U.S.. Dozens of Turkey's Kurdish and leftist groups appealed to world powers onÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 14, 2018
The Association of Retired Noncommissioned Officers has underlined that all assigned weapons and ammunition, and even flasks and boots, are the responsibility of individual soldiers and officers in the Turkish army. Many personnel are now anxious because some of the weapons used during the night ofÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 3, 2018
Commenting on President Putin recently touting advanced Russian weapons and lawmaker Alexander Sherin signaling Moscow's readiness to stand up for its partners, including Ankara, Turkish military expert Beyazit Karatas told Sputnik that these statements indicate that Ankara does not need NATO'sÃâà...
ABC News
March 3, 2018
Turkey's prime minister said Saturday that Turkish troops have captured a strategic village in the Kurdish-held enclave in northwestern Syria, tightening its grip on Kurdish militia in the sixth ... Further south, Turkish soldiers kept watch with weapons at the ready in Bursayah Hill, captured in late January.
New York Times
March 3, 2018
Just a day earlier, eight Turkish soldiers were killed, Turkey's Defense Ministry said in a statement, and more were wounded. ... “Forces of the Turkish regime and its mercenaries of the terrorist groups on Friday night targeted the Afrin area with all types of weapons, leaving 20 civilians martyred or injured,”Ãâà...
Voice of America
February 22, 2018
Turkey's ongoing military offensive against a Kurdish militia in Syria's Afrin enclave is showcasing the growing prowess of the Turkish armaments industry. In recent years ... Last year, Erdogan issued a presidential decree putting Turkey's armament industry directly under his control. The government hasÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 18, 2018
A White House official says the United States believes it is "extremely unlikely" that Turkey used chemical weapons against Kurds during its military campaign in the Afrin Province of northern Syria. The official said on February 17 that U.S. officials were aware of the reports but had no evidence to confirmÃâà...
Daily Sabah
February 6, 2018
As the Turkish military and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) continue their advance in northern Syria, Ankara has been tracing the origin of the weapons used ... Erdoğan said that investigations are ongoing to identify the origin of the weapon that was used in a tank attack last week, killing six Turkish soldiers.
Voice of America
December 31, 1999
Erdogan also blamed the deaths of Turkish soldiers in Afrin on countries that did not sell Turkey complex weapons, including armed drones. He did not name any countries. Last year, Erdogan took direct control of Turkey's arms industry. The government has invested billions of dollars in the defenseÃâà...
