Contents: Saudi Arabia, UAE leak 13 demands to end Qatar crisis; UAE threatens ‘parting of the ways’ unless Qatar meets 13 demands; Al-Jazeera takes center stage in the Gulf crisis
TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump is considering a Camp David-style summit in an effort to resolve tensions between U.S. allies in the Arab world. Trump also intends to use the summit to renew his call for the Arab world confront the “crisis of Islamic extremism,” Fox News reported.
Turkish authorities have banned the LGBT Pride parade in Istanbul for the second year in a row, citing “safety concerns.”
The Greek Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday objecting to Muslim prayer services held at the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, a televised event attended by Turkish officials.
On Thursday night, the Associated Press reported that Kuwait, acting as an emissary for the other nations blockading Qatar, presented the Qatari government with a list of thirteen specific demands, with just 10 days to comply.
Turkey’s defense minister, Fikri Işık, said in an interview Friday that his government is seeking to play a role in retrieving weapons that the United States has provided Syrian Kurdish militias for use in the liberation of Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State “caliphate.”
(AFP) — Turkey’s religious affairs agency has expressed distaste over a new mosque in Berlin where men and women mingle freely, saying it was incompatible with the principles of Islam.
Authorities in Istanbul briefly detained a man who attacked a female university student for “wearing shorts” during the ongoing Islamic holy month of Ramadan, claiming he had been “provoked” by the woman.
Saddam Mohamed Raishani was arrested Wednesday night at JFK International Airport and has been charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State (ISIS).
Turkey’s National Defense Ministry claims that Secretary of Defense James Mattis has promised Ankara that American officials are only lending, not giving, weapons to Syrian Kurdish militias fighting the Islamic State and plan to retrieve those weapons following the liberation of Raqqa.
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Parliament has voted by a wide majority to move reconnaissance jets flying anti-Islamic State group missions from a base in Turkey amid ongoing friction between the two countries.
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz made a surprise announcement on Wednesday morning that his son Mohammed bin Salman, 31, would become the new crown prince of the kingdom.
Dozens of Islamic State members have successfully “returned” to Europe and are poised to carry out attacks in the future, a Gaza-based jihadist who formerly fought in the Islamic State terrorist group claimed during a phone interview.
A memorial hailing the sacrifices made by Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) troops at Gallipoli in Turkey during the First World War has been erased by the Turkish government.
Almost 50 per cent of newly-arrived young Austrian Muslim migrants hold anti-Semitic views, a new study published by the University of Teacher Education in Vienna reveals.
In remarks from Ankara on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was harshly critical of the U.S. arrest warrants for twelve of his bodyguards.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday hosted domestic Muslim leaders and foreign diplomats from Muslim countries at his residence in Jerusalem for a traditional Iftar meal marking the end of a day of the month-long Ramadan fast.
A United Nations investigation found Russia’s much-ballyhooed plan for “de-escalation” zones in Syria has produced woefully inadequate results in a report delivered to the Human Rights Council on Wednesday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called the upcoming referendum on Kurdish independence on Iraq “wrong” and “a threat to the territorial integrity of Iraq,” despite his country’s friendly ties with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
Contents: Qatar-Arab crisis is unlikely to be resolved soon; Differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia run deep and will worsen
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a multi-ethnic coalition of militias in the country, have reportedly made gains on either side of the city of Raqqa, slowly surrounding an estimated 4,000 jihadists preparing to fight for their “capital.”
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 damaged scores of homes on the eastern Greek island of Lesbos Monday, injuring at least ten people. It was also felt in western Turkey, including in Istanbul, and on neighboring islands.
ISTANBUL (AP) – A Turkish court has formally arrested Amnesty International’s chairman in the country pending trial on charges of membership in a terror organization, Turkey’s official Anadolu news agency said Saturday. The rights group called it a “mockery of
Contents: Iran says Tehran terror attack was by Iranian nationals in ISIS; Turkey approves troop deployment to Qatar after split with Saudi Arabia
he crisis in Qatar intensified on Wednesday as Jordan downgraded diplomatic relations with the isolated emirate, the Turkish parliament approved moving troops to its base in Qatar, Saudi Arabia published a list of conditions Qatar must meet, the United Arab Emirates threatened to punish its own citizens for expressions of sympathy toward Qatar, and American intelligence analysts voiced suspicions that Russian hackers touched off the crisis by hijacking a Qatari state media website.
A statement released by the Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah warns the United States to cease striking forces loyal to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad when they violate deconfliction zones, warning their “self-restraint” will not last if America “crosses the red lines.”
Turkish police arrested the chairman of Amnesty International Turkey on Tuesday, on charges of collusion with exiled imam Fethullah Gülen, alleged mastermind behind the failed coup attempt of July 2016.
In an interview with the Times of Israel, former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon accused Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of “intentionally Islamicizing Europe” by flooding it with Muslim immigrants, both from Turkey and elsewhere.
HATAY (TURKEY) (AFP) – The EU’s 3-billion euro package to help migrants in Turkey will have been fully assigned to projects by the end of the year, the bloc’s envoy said Tuesday.
Contents: Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations cut ties with Qatar in new Mideast crisis; Arab nations’ split caused by Qatar’s relations with Muslim Brotherhood and Iran
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım told reporters on Saturday that the official operation to eradicate the Islamic State from Raqqa, Syria, the capital of the “caliphate,” had begun on Friday, June 3.
ISTANBUL (AP) – Turkey’s official news agency says the chief adviser to the prime minister has been detained for alleged links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is blamed by the government for last summer’s coup attempt. Anadolu news agency
(AP) — Turkey’s coast guard says it has intercepted nearly 100 Syrian migrants over two days attempting to reach Greece.
Russian President Vladmir Putin said he was ready to sell the advanced S-400 missiles defense system to Turkey on Thursday, according to a Russia Today report.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the U.S. State Department over reports that it would not host a dinner ending the day’s fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
A federal judge sentenced the first American ever to be convicted of attempting to engage in jihad on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) to 35 years in prison.
Turkish police have arrested “Abu Hanzala,” code-named “Halis Bayancuk,” as part of an ongoing crackdown on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) operating in the northwestern province of Sakarya.
Following Turkish media reports last week, the U.S. military has confirmed that it has begun shipping weapons to the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG/YPJ) to prepare for the battle to liberate Raqqa, Syria from the Islamic State.
The editor-in-chief of a Turkish history magazine is facing nearly five years in prison for publishing a story allegedly featuring some private correspondence written by Latife Hanım, who was briefly married to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Contents: Turkey builds a northern Syria ‘National Army’ from Free Syrian Army militias; US begins arming YPG Kurds in northern Syria on eve of battle of Raqqa
