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The Turkish top diplomat has urged the Assad regime to reconcile with the opposition groups to reinstate peace and stability in Syria amid continued advances of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group and allied factions which now control the country's second largest city, Aleppo.

Two highly sensitive foreign policy issues are set to dominate the political agenda this week.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is on a two-day visit to London, where he is expected to meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Downing Street on Tuesday. The Parthenon Sculptures are likely to be a key topic of discussion.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sought to shore up support from his allies Sunday, after a monitor said a shock rebel offensive saw government forces lose control of Aleppo for the first time since the start of the country's civil war.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged to eradicate terrorism "at home and abroad" and deliver a secure Türkiye.

"We will build a Türkiye without terrorism together," Erdoğan said at an event organized by his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the southern city of Kahramanmaraş on Nov. 30.

The U.S. president's new push for a Gaza Strip ceasefire comes belatedly but is still important, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Nov. 28.

A group of Turkish lawmakers has completed preparations for a digital copyright law that mandates payments for the use of online content produced within Türkiye, says the head of the Digital Media Commission.

Turkey's Defense Ministry on Thursday lashed out at the Republic of Cyprus, after its president, Nikos Christodoulides, reiterated the island nation's aspirations to join NATO.

Türkiye's domestically produced missiles developed by Ankara-based defense company Roketsan ensure the country's national security with many prominent air and naval systems.

Roketsan's Tayfun short-range ballistic missile uses its hypersonic speed to reach a range of over 280 kilometers (174 miles), operating in all weather conditions, day or night.

The fragile state of Greek-Turkish diplomatic talks faces further strain following hardline remarks from Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler, who reiterated Ankara's contentious positions on territorial and maritime disputes.

Denmark's Glyptotek art museum announced on Nov. 26 that it will return the bronze head of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus to Türkiye, after showcasing it for over 50 years.

The statue, which originates from the ancient city of Boubon in Burdur, was illegally excavated in the 1960s and subsequently sold to Denmark's Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in 1970.