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  • Middle East military rankings: Turkey highest, Lebanon lowest per global index

    The defense statistics website Global Fire Power reviewed the military strengths of 145 countries in its 2023 index across the world according to eight categories including troop numbers, national resources, financial situations, logistics and geography. The rankings for Middle East and North Africa region are as follows:

  • Middle East military rankings: Turkey highest, Lebanon lowest per global index

    The defense statistics website Global Fire Power reviewed the military strengths of 145 countries in its 2023 index across the world according to eight categories including troop numbers, national resources, financial situations, logistics and geography. The rankings for Middle East and North Africa region are as follows:

  • Sweden says Turkey asking too much over NATO application

    Finland and Sweden signed a three-way agreement with Turkey in 2022 aimed at overcoming Ankara's objections to their membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. They applied in May to join NATO in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but Turkey objected and accused the countries of harbouring militants, including from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party

  • U.S., Turkey target financial network linked to Islamic State

    The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it was taking joint action with Turkey against a network it said played a key role in money management, transfer and distribution for the Islamic State militant group operating in Iraq and Syria. Turkey's foreign affairs ministry said on Twitter the assets of seven individuals or legal persons involved in financing for the group were frozen.

  • If Turkey Normalizes Ties With Assad, Iran May Become Liability

    Turkey and Russia have agreed this week to hold a tripartite meeting of the foreign ministers of Syria, Russia, and Turkey. An exact date has yet to be set, but this is a very advanced move that may normalize Turkish-Syrian relations after 12 years of disconnect, hostility, and even enmity between Turkish President Recep Teyyep Erdogan and his counterpart Bashar Assad.

  • Saudi Arabia, Egypt, And Turkey Gear Up For EV Manufacturing

  • Turkey, Saudi Arabia decry Taliban university ban for women

    Turkey and Saudi Arabia became the latest Muslim-majority countries to condemn a decision by Taliban authorities to bar women from universities, while about two dozen women staged a protest in the streets of Kabul on Thursday. In another sign of domestic opposition, several Afghan cricketers condemned the university ban. Cricket is a hugely popular sport in Afghanistan, and players have hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.

  • Deepening Turkey tanker logjam snarls Russia oil sanctions

    A total of 28 oil tankers are in a queue seeking to leave the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, the Tribeca shipping agency said on Friday. G7 wealthy countries, the European Union and Australia agreed to bar providers of shipping services, such as insurers, from helping export Russian oil unless it is sold at an enforced low price, or cap, aimed at depriving Moscow of wartime revenue. Turkey's maritime authority said it would continue to keep out of its waters oil tankers that lacked appropriate insurance letters.

  • Saudi Arabia to Support Pakistan, Eyes Deals in Egypt and Turkey

    The kingdom has taken several steps to provide financial support to countries in the region as it looks to bolster allies and cement new relationships. It extended the term of a $3 billion deposit to boost foreign currency reserves and help Pakistan in overcoming economic repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic earlier this month.

  • Turkey Shares: Inflation-Hit Turks Lift Stocks to World’s Top 2022 Performer

    “Stocks will most probably continue to be favored for at least the first half of next year, even as inflation starts easing,” said Evren Kirikoglu, founder of Istanbul-based Sardis Research Consultancy. “The government is likely to maintain low interest rates and keep the currency under control until the elections around June.”