When it comes to military strength in the Middle East and beyond, both Turkey and Israel stand out as formidable forces. Both ...

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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — With Turkey completing its ratification of Sweden's bid to join NATO, Hungary is the last member of the military alliance not to have given its approval. After more than ...

Turkey extracted concessions from both Sweden and Finland as a price for approving their NATO membership bid in a deal which saw the Nordic duo commit to heavily curtail the activities of the PKK, ...

In a sudden reversal at the NATO summit, Turkey has agreed to back Sweden's bid to join ... is that one of the things that helped put this over the edge was the U.S. agreeing to sell advanced ...

Turkey's improving ties with Russia has been a headache for NATO amid the alliance's tensions with Moscow. Relations between Ankara and Moscow have warmed because of changing regional dynamics ...

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said on Tuesday that Turkey has agreed to support Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership bids, removing a major hurdle to the two countries joining the alliance.

Turkey, a NATO member that has the alliance’s second-largest army, has strengthened its ties with Russia in recent years. In 2019, it even bought weapons from the country in defiance of the US.

Meanwhile, Turkey could become more isolated within Nato and risk losing all the political benefits it has gained for its current military support for Ukraine, after years on the edge of the alliance.

Greece and Turkey both plan to roll out new stealth jets by the end of the decade. Greece is acquiring F-35s from the US, while Turkey is building the domestically designed TF Kaan.

While unlikely, Turkey could agree to transfer its S-400 batteries to Ukraine, which would not only appeal to its NATO allies but could conceivably satisfy requirements for rejoining the F-35 program.

Turkey benefits from NATO’s Strategic Concept and is in a celebratory mood over a new deal with Sweden and Finland. But interpretation is the key to success. Turkey gains much from NATO, but a rocky ...