In an attempt to prevent war between Syria and Turkey, Iran seriously urges the two countries to exercise restraint following cross-border tensions. On Wednesday (October 3), an artillery shell launched from Syrian territory fell in the yard of a house in a Turkish town of Akcakale in southern Turkey killing five civilians, all women and children,...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Turkish politician lambasted Prime Minister Recep Teyyip Erdogan for his interfering policies in Syria, and said such an approach will lead to civil war in the Muslim country. "Prime Minister Erdogan's policy for changing the Syrian government will yield no result but exacerbating the bloody civil war in the country," Deputy ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on senior political and security members of his cabinet to devise a strategic plan for Syria, sources said. "Erdogan held a 4-hour meeting with his cabinet members, including Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Interior Minister Muammar Guler, National Defense Minister Ismat Yilmaz,...

ATurkish national was killed and his two sons injured on Friday when a stray rocket landed in a farming land in Turkey's southern Ceylanpinar town near the Syrian border. One man was killed and two others injured on Friday when a stray rocket exploded in a farming land in Turkey's southern Ceylanpinar town near the Syrian border. Sukru Kahraman (43),...

Turkey has warned Syrian Kurds against any plans for establishing an autonomous Kurdish region in northern part of Syria. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that the warning was delivered by a Turkish official to Salih Muslim, the leader of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) of Syria, who arrived in Turkey to meet with Turkish intelligence ...

Istanbul: A 16-year-old Turk died on Wednesday after being hit in the head by a stray bullet from clashes across the border in war-torn Syria, hospital sources said, the second such death on the Turkish side this month. Ahmet Gunduz died in hospital in the capital Ankara after being struck by gunfire on July 16 in the small southeastern town of Ceylanpinar,...

[caption id="attachment_40982" align="alignright" width="210"] A Turkish army vehicle takes position at the border with Syria. (file photo)[/caption] The Turkish army has announced that it will respond in multiples to fire coming from the Syrian side of their shared border. In this context, shots that come from Syria to our territory and occasionally ...

[caption id="attachment_40257" align="alignright" width="210"] A Turkish army vehicle takes position at the border with Syria.[/caption] The Turkish army says it has responded to fire coming from the Syrian side of the border. "The Turkish army fired at predetermined targets near Syria's Tal-Khalaf village (southwest of Ras al-Ain) with machine guns ...

The pretense of good ties Ankara and Tehran have been trying to maintain despite the deepening of the Syrian crisis in which the two countries are supporting opposite sides has started to shatter. Iran is also expressing dissatisfaction over Turkeys peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which involves militants from the group moving ...

Irans Ambassador to Turkey Alireza Bigdeli says the restoration of ties and interaction between Ankara and Damascus can contribute to the settlement of the conflict in Syria. The restoration of contact between Ankara and Damascus can help resolve the crisis in Syria, Bigdeli said on Friday, adding, If need be, Iran can mediate in that regard. Pointing ...

NATO, at the behest of Western countries, deployed Patriot missiles along Turkey's border with Syria in order to protect Israel in the event Iran retaliates to any preemptive strike on its nuclear facilities, Turkish dailyToday's Zaman, citing an interview with Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast, reported Sunday. In the interview ...

An Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has slammed the Turkish government for allowing NATO to deploy Patriot missiles along the country's border with Syria, but in the meantime said that Turkey has assured them that it will not participate in any military action against Iran. In an interview with al-Manar TV on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Ministry ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian lawmaker said that Turkey has turned into a performer of the West's policies on Syria, Press TV reported on Saturday. Hossein Sobhani-Nia, a member of the Iranian Majlis (parliament) Presiding Board, said Friday that the Turkish government is implementing macro policies drawn up by the Western countries on the ...

Iran was outraged by NATOs decision to deploy six Patriot batteries at Turkeys request two each from the US, Germany and the Netherlands in Turkey. On Dec. 15, Iranian Chief of Staff General Hassan Firouzabadi said, Each one of these Patriots is a black mark on the world map, and is meant to cause a world war. They are making plans for a world war ...

An Iranian lawmaker says the Turkish government will suffer the consequences of its wrong policy of supporting militants in Syria. Supporting the extremist groups, which have infiltrated into Syria from different countries and have no respect for any principle, is one of the wrong policies that the Ankara government is pursuing, Aziz Akbarian said ...

Since 2002, Turkeys leaders have basked in the glow of their rising profile in theMiddle Eastand Europe. During the past decadeTurkeyhas transformed into the worlds 16th largest economy, tripling per capita income. Turkeys pro-Palestinian stand and support for democratic movements in the Arab world have earned Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan plaudits ...

Tehran claims NATO-backed anti-missile system not being used to shield Turkey from Syrian civil war NATO-backed Patriot missile batteries stationed on Turkeys border with Syria are actually meant to protect Israel from Iran, Tehrans Foreign Ministry said Saturday. The six long-range missile-defense batteries, which Ankara requested after Turkey ...

Turkish foreign minister accuses Iranian officials of launching a misinformation campaign on Turkish public over deployment of Patriots on Turkish soil. Ankara warned Tehran over the issue, Davuto?lu also says Iranian officials might have aimed to launch a campaign of misinformation among the Turkish public by abusing the issue of Patriot deployment ...

MOSCOW, December 24 (RIA Novosti) - The deployment of NATOs advanced surface-to-air Patriot missiles is intended to counter threats not only from Syria, but from Iran as well, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. Earlier this month NATO approved the deployment of Patriot air defense systems in Turkey as a way to prevent potential ...

An Iranian lawmaker says the deployment of surface-to-air Patriot missiles on the Turkey-Syria border could fuel arms race in the region. Vahid Ahmadi, a member of the Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, said on Saturday that the presence of foreign forces in Muslim countries has always caused problems among Muslim states. The ...