Turkey Bans Retail Alcohol Sales at Night

Turkey’s parliament approved a law banning retail alcohol sales at night and promotion of alcoholic drinks as opposition lawmakers accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of pushing an Islamist agenda. (more…)

Syria: Without water Revolution

By Thomas L. Friedman, The Syrian disaster is like a superstorm. It’s what happens when drought, a fast-growing population, a repressive and corrupt government, and sectarian and religious passions combine.

Erdogan, Obama say Assad must quit

United States President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted yesterday that Bashar al-Assad must step down amid a flurry of moves to organise peace talks to end Syria’s bloody civil war. (more…)

10 killed in explosion in Turkey near the Syrian border

Turkish Officials say a container of fuel being smuggled into Turkey from Syria has exploded, killing 10 people. (more…)

Relatives of Lebanese hostages continue their sit-ins

Relatives of Lebanese hostages in Syria’s staged another sit-in on Thursday outside the Turkish Airlines office in Downtown Beirut.

A delegation of the relatives headed to the Ministry of Energy to demand the boycott by caretaker Minister of Energy (more…)

Turkish fighter jet lost near Syria in probable accident

Turkey’s military said on Monday that it had lost one of its F-16 fighter jets near Osmaniye, about 50 km (30 miles) from the border with Syria, but NTV television quoted military sources as saying the crash had probably been an accident. (more…)

Turkish FM blames world’s inaction on Syria for attacks

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Sunday blamed the world’s inaction on the Syrian conflict for the “barbarian act of terrorism” that claimed dozens of lives near the border. (more…)

9 Detained in Turkey Car Bombings. All Linked to Syria’s Assad

Turkish authorities said Sunday that nine people had been detained in twin car bombings a day earlier in southern Turkey that killed 46 people and injured at least 155.

Speaking at a news conference, senior government officials said that the nine people detained had been linked to the Syrian government (more…)

Fights ensue over Syrian highways

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian rebels on Saturday cut a newly built bypass road linking the capital Damascus with the northern city of Aleppo, an activist group said, while state media reported that government troops have secured a strategic highway between the capital and the southern (more…)

Turkey Blames Syria’s Assad for Its Deadliest Terror Attack

Turkish officials said an attack in a town near Syria that killed at least 43 people yesterday was carried out by a group linked to Syria’s intelligence service.

The perpetrators have been identified as being tied to Syria’s military intelligence agency, the al-Mukhabarat, Deputy Prime Minister (more…)