Terrorist State of Turkey rejects demands to close its military base in Qatar

June 23, 2017 By administrator

Turkey military base in Qatar Turkey has rejected the demands of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain to close the Turkish military base in Qatar. Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik noted that he had not seen the call, but made it clear that Ankara did not intend to revise the agreement with Qatar, which led to the creation of the base, Reuters reported.

His comments followed after four Arab states send Doha a list of 13 demands, including the closure of the Turkish base.

“If there is such a demand, it will mean interference in bilateral ties,” Isik said, suggesting instead that Turkey might continue to bolster its presence in Qatar.

According to him, the presence of Turkey in Qatar should be considered as an advantage for the entire Persian Gulf.

Riyadh: Turkish military base not welcome on Saudi soil

June 18, 2017 By administrator

Saudi Arabia has said that a Turkish military base would not be welcome on kingdom’s soil after Ankara offers to build such a facility.

“The kingdom cannot allow Turkey to set up a military base on its territory,” said a statement released by SPA state news agency on Saturday.

The statement, which quoted an unnamed Riyadh official, added that Saudi Arabia “does not need such thing,” while adding that the kingdom’s military capabilities were “at the best standards.”

He added that Saudi armed forces were also stationed at Turkey’s Incirlik base.

The announcement was made in response to remarks made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said he had offered to build a base in Saudi Arabia “with the same idea” as Turkey’s military base in Qatar.

“I made the same offer to King Salman… and said that if it’s appropriate we could also establish a base in Saudi Arabia. They said they would look into it but since that day nothing more came,” Erdogan said during an interview aired by Portuguese television earlier in the week.

SYRIA Russia opened its military bases in Syria for humanitarian aid

March 8, 2016 By administrator

arton122996-480x256 The Russian army announced Monday its decision to open its military bases in Syria storage of international humanitarian aid to the civilian population hard hit by the conflict, in order to facilitate its distribution in the territory.

“The Defense Ministry is ready to provide all necessary assistance to foreign and international organizations for the delivery of humanitarian cargo to Syria,” the ministry said in a statement. Moscow has thus opened its facilities in Tartus naval and military airfield Hmeimim in the province of Latakia for “unloading and temporary storage” of humanitarian aid. Russia is also ready to provide vehicles to help transfer using Syrian territory, the statement said.

A fragile cease-fire, initiated by the United States and Russia between government forces and rebel groups, came into force in late February, enabling the delivery of humanitarian aid in several localities. The UN has thus delivered Friday using three rebel towns east of Damascus in the second operation of its kind since the entry into force of the truce. More than 450,000 people are trapped in towns and villages of Syria, sometimes for years, according to the High Commissioner of the UN for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein.