Turkey’s FM: Turkish forces will leave Syria only after political agreement
August 30, 2019, 8:17 am

Turkey’s FM: Turkish forces will leave Syria only after political agreement

Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday in Norway that the Turkish military would leave Syria when a political solution is found. (File photo Reuters)

Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday in Norway that the Turkish military would leave Syria when a political solution is found, adding that the Syrian regime doesn’t believe in political solution for now.

He added that Russia assured Turkey that Syrian forces would not attack its observation posts in Idlib.

Cavusoglu also said an Iranian oil tanker, now in waters south of Turkey and at the center of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran, was headed for Lebanon.

Tracking site Marine Traffic showed earlier on Friday that the Adrian Darya, formerly called Grace 1, had changed course again and was headed for the southeastern Turkish port of Iskenderun. Cavusoglu was speaking with reporters in Norway.

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BENEFIT, the Kingdom’s innovator and leading company in Fintech and electronic financial transactions service, has sponsored the BuildHer CityHack 2025 Hackathon, a two-day event spearheaded by the College of Engineering and Technology at the Royal University for Women (RUW).
Aimed at secondary school students, the event brought together a distinguished group of academic professionals and technology experts to mentor and inspire young participants.
More than 100 high school students from across the Kingdom of Bahrain took part in the hackathon, which featured an intensive programme of training workshops and hands-on sessions. These activities were tailored to enhance participants’ critical thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and team-building capabilities, while also encouraging the development of practical and sustainable solutions to contemporary challenges using modern technological tools.
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Professor Riyadh Yousif Hamzah, President of the Royal University for Women, commented: “This initiative reflects our commitment to advancing women in STEM fields. We're cultivating a generation of creative, solution-driven female leaders who will drive national development. Our partnership with BENEFIT exemplifies the powerful synergy between academia and private sector in supporting educational innovation.”
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