Turkey began discussing buying 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets with European states.
Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 ZK352 of Royal air force
Turkey began discussing buying 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets with European states after it saw that its request for F-16 jets from the United States may not work out, a Turkish defense ministry source said on Thursday.
Defense Minister Yasar Guler is set to hold talks on the issue with his British counterpart Grant Shapps in Ankara on Thursday, the source said. Turkey wants to buy newly built and most advanced version of the Eurofighters, he added.
Israel will continue its operations on the ground in southern Lebanon for the time being and Lebanese residents forced from their homes by Israel would not be able to return, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday.
U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the NATO meeting of heads of state that is taking place in Turkey in early July, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, providing a confirmation that will likely lead to a sigh of relief across the capitals of the alliance.
Lebanon's aviation regulator has carried out a safety audit of Middle East Airlines as pilot groups raised concerns that crews were being asked to fly close to airstrikes and penalized for reporting safety incidents, letters seen by Reuters show.
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