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Turkey hits US-allied Kurds in Syria, Iraq following terrorist attack on defense group– www.foxnews.com

Turkey hits US-allied Kurds in Syria, Iraq following terrorist attack on defense group– www.foxnews.com

pgnewser October 25, 2024

Turkey hits US-allied Kurds in Syria, Iraq following terrorist attack on defense group– www.foxnews.com
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Turkey hit with terrorist attack

Turkey has accused Kurdish terrorists affiliated with the PKK of hitting a defense company in Ankara when two assailants attacked with assault rifles and explosives.

NATO member Turkey on Thursday carried out a second day of aerial attacks on what it said are Kurdish militant positions in Iraq and Syria, following a terrorist attack on a state-run defense agency this week in which five people were killed.

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization reportedly targeted numerous “strategic locations” allegedly used by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – which was deemed a terrorist organization in the U.S. in 1997 – as well as targets used by Syrian Kurdish militia affiliated with the militant group.

Armed drones were used to hit military, intelligence, energy and infrastructure facilities and ammunition depots, The Associated Press reported.

Turkey Quietly Blocks Military-Linked Goods Exports to Russia After U.S. Warnings – FT– www.themoscowtimes.com

Turkey Quietly Blocks Military-Linked Goods Exports to Russia After U.S. Warnings – FT– www.themoscowtimes.com

pgnewser October 24, 2024

Turkey Quietly Blocks Military-Linked Goods Exports to Russia After U.S. Warnings – FT– www.themoscowtimes.com
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Turkey secretly blocked the export of U.S. military-linked goods to Russia following warnings from Washington, the Financial Times reported, citing three anonymous sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

Ankara, which originally embraced the role of Moscow’s lifeline from Western sanctions, reportedly made the move in recent weeks without a public announcement due to the “political sensitivity” of the issue.

A senior U.S. export controls official traveled to Turkey in August to warn of “consequences” if Turkey did not step back from exporting battlefield goods to Russia.

FT reported that Turkey’s electronic customs system stopped allowing the shipment of items like processors and memory cards found in Russian missiles and drones, as well as machine tools and other equipment used to build weapons.

They are part of more than four dozen categories of U.S.-origin “battlefield goods” that originate from 50 “high-priority” Western-made items, which Western nations say are key to Russia’s imports for its arms industry.