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Turkish Foreign Minister: Turkey and Russia exchange military intelligence on Syria
According to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the Turkish and Russian militaries maintain an open line of communication and exchange intelligence information regarding Syria, TASS reported.
During an interview with Turkey’s 24 Canali TV, Çavuşoğlu stressed that such "cooperation is beneficial."
"We say that in the context of the Euphrates Shield Operation, we cooperate with all parties fighting against the Islamic State. Now that relations with Russia have normalized, we have an …
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Peskov's daughter says it is harmful to have the children of Russian officials return from abroad
A commentary in response to Russian media reports regarding the Presidential Administration’s request for officials to have their children studying abroad returned to Russia was published on behalf of Elizaveta Peskova (daughter of Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary for the President of Russia) on her Instagram page. Peskova believes the initiative to be harmful and noted that her training abroad doesn’t contradict the idea of patriotism.
“We must strive to ensure that people want to live in …
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Canada may deploy helicopters and special forces to Latvia
Task Force Tomahawk, the 2nd Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group that will be a part of a multinational combat brigade group to NATO, may soon arrive in Latvia, as reported by the portal of the Defense Ministry of Latvia, sargs.lv.
It was reported that Canada is currently discussing with NATO partners the deployment of a combat group in Latvia in 2017 in the framework of the decisions taken at the NATO Summit in Warsaw. 455 Canadian soldiers will become the nucleus of a multinational battalion …
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NATO aircraft will make low-altitude patrols over Estonia
The air forces of NATO countries based in Estonia at the Amari air base will conduct low altitude flights over the country’s territory this week. The press service of the Estonian Defense Forces said that the German Air Force is currently based at Amari and that they took over the mission of protecting the Baltic State airspace on the 31st of August.
German Air Force Eurofighter aircraft will fly in pairs at altitudes not lower than 500 feet (152 meters) and away from the settlements during …
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Ukraine protests Syria's recognition of the Crimea as part of Russia
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has submitted an official note of protest to Syria’s representative in Kyiv over Damascus’ recognition of the Crimea as part of the Russian Federation, as stated by the ministry’s spokesperson Maryana Betsa, TASS reported.
"On October 20th, the Foreign Ministry summoned Syria’s Charge d’Affaires to lodge a strong protest against Syria’s recognition of the Crimea as part of Russia and demand an explanation concerning the statements of the Syrian parliament speaker on …