5-12 August 2019
18 August 2019
A U.S. district court on Aug. 16 made a bid to seize a ship near Gibraltar carrying 2.1 million barrels of oil, saying the shipment breaches U.S. sanctions against Iran.
16 August 2019
Gibraltar allows Iranian tanker Grace 1 to leave despite US detention request
18 August 2019
An Iranian tanker caught in a stand-off between Tehran and the West has raised an Iranian flag and has had a new name painted on its side, Sunday, August 18.
Iran said its seized oil tanker was expected to leave Gibraltar on Sunday after authorities there rejected a U.S. bid to detain it, but it was unclear where the ship might be headed next.
16 August 2019
Iranian state television says the seized Iranian oil tanker has been reflagged and is preparing to sail to the Mediterranean. The oil tanker Grace-One will depart under a new name, Adrian Darya.
15 August 2019
Conflict Between Allies: Can Turkey Really be Trusted? | News Wire | Indus News
14 August 2019
Turkey's government is encouraging tourists to visit an ancient city which was controlled by fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group, not so long ago.
The ancient city of Karkamesh straddles the Turkish-Syrian border. The extensive ruins on the Syrian side of the border were recently in the hands of ISIL but now the ancient city is set to open to visitors, all part of a drive by the Turkish authorities to encourage tourism back to southeastern Anatolia.
12 August 2019
Interpol removes 144 terrorists from its red notice list, in a move that ignores Turkey’s security concerns. Turkey criticizes this decision, arguing that it will hurt the global fight against terrorism.
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