"Right now we are engaged in calm crisis management, considering our citizens' security.
This should not be misunderstood.
Any harm to our citizens and staff would be met with the harshest retaliation," Davutoglu told reporters in New York in comments broadcast on Turkish television. [jpost.com] 11/6/14
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- Meeting of Turkish leaders to convene in Ankara after Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant militants seize Turkish consulate in Mosul....
Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul is to hold a summit in the Turkish capital following the attack on the Turkish Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul by militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
The meeting at the Cankaya Presidential Palace is attended by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Chief of General Staff General Necdet Ozel, Deputy Prime Minister Beshir Atalay, Deputy Foreign Minister Naci Koru and the National Intelligence Organization Undersecretary Hakan Fidan.
The meeting started at 7 p.m. local time (1700 GMT). [aa.com.tr/en]
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The Iraqi army regained its control over the city of Tikrit after crushing ISIL terrorists, Iraqi media outlets reported...
ReplyDeleteThe Iraqi troops are still chasing ISIL terrorists in the province, according to the media reports.
The Iraqi defense ministry issued a statement in which it asserted that the army regained control over Tikrit and vowed to strike ISIL terrorists in Mosul in order to impose the governmental authority in the city.
ISIL militants had taken control of the Iraqi city of Tikrit and freed hundreds of prisoners on Wednesday, police said.
According to AFP, Iraqi security forces repelled an assault by militants Wednesday on the highly sensitive city of Samarra.
http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=155923&cid=23&fromval=1
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Iran offered neighboring Iraq support against terrorism Wednesday, as Baghdad battled a terrorist offensive that has seized the country's second city and is moving towards the capital...
ReplyDeleteForeign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that "while condemning the murder of Iraqi citizens... Iran offers its support to the government and people of Iraq against terrorism."
In remarks to his Iraqi counterpart, Hoshyar Zebari, carried by state news agency IRNA, Zarif also called for "effective international support" for the Iraqi government.
http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=155956&frid=19&seccatid=32&cid=19&fromval=1
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Съветът на НАТО с извънредно заседание по искане на Турция...
ReplyDeleteПосланиците на НАТО се събраха тази вечер в Брюксел на извънредно заседание по искане на Турция, за да обсъдят ситуацията в Ирак, където джихадистки бунтовници взеха за заложници 80 турски граждани, съобщи натовски служител, цитиран от Ройтерс.
"Турция информира съюзниците от алианса за ситуацията в иракския град Мосул и отвличането на турските граждани, включително на генералния консул", посочи служителят..... http://www.dnes.bg/world/2014/06/11/syvetyt-na-nato-s-izvynredno-zasedanie-po-iskane-na-turciia.228686
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Turkish foreign minister has warned that Ankara will not allow anyone harming its nationals to go unpunished after 49 Turkish consulate staff members were abducted by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant militants in the Iraqi city of Mosul....
ReplyDeleteDavutoglu said Wednesday that the Iraqi government was responsible for the security of its consulate workers after the staff, including the consul-general and family members, were seized in Iraq's second-largest city earlier in the day.
"No one should dare test Turkey's power," said Ahmet Davutoglu, as he prepared to leave a UN meeting on counter-terrorism in the United States to return to the Turkish capital to deal with the incident.
He said: "We sent an evacuation order to the the consulate three days ago. However, as clashes have intensified, we left the decision up to our staff there.
"We were informed by the Iraqi government that the evacuation of our staff would be riskier, without security being provided, than staying within the consulate."
He added that the Iraqi government was responsible for the group's welfare.
Calling for "solidarity," he said: "What is important in such circumstances is not to panic and to draw a road map for the security of our citizens."
The abductions came a day after ISIL took control of Mosul and seized 31 Turkish truck drivers who were transporting fuel to a thermal power plant.
Both the consulate staff members and Turkish truck drivers were reportedly in good health and had not been ill-treated.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attack and the abduction of the Turkish nationals.
Ban said: "This is totally unacceptable. I am condemning in the strongest possible terms such a terrorist attack against diplomatic officers...............http://www.aa.com.tr/en/headline/343941--turkey-to-retaliate-if-abducted-staff-harmed-in-iraq
Iraqi Kurds 'fully control Kirkuk' as army flees...
ReplyDeleteIraqi Kurdish forces say they have taken full control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk as the army flees before an Islamist offensive nearby.
"The whole of Kirkuk has fallen into the hands of peshmerga," Kurdish spokesman Jabbar Yawar told Reuters. "No Iraq army remains in Kirkuk now."
Kurdish fighters are seen as a bulwark against Sunni Muslim insurgents who seized towns in the region this week.
The fall of the city of Mosul sent shock waves across the Middle East.
Kirkuk and the surrounding province of Tamim are at the heart of a political and economic dispute between Iraq's Arabs and Kurds..............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27809051
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Amid a violent insurgency of Islamist militants in northern Iraq, Kurdish forces have claimed to be in full control of Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk.......http://www.france24.com/en/20140612-live-blog-iraq-kurds-forces-city-kirkuk-islamists-isis/
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