Libyan National Army (LNA) leader Khalifa Haftar has stated that they welcome the ceasefire call of Russia and Turkey, but will continue their operations against Tripoli.

After a meeting yesterday, Erdoğan and Putin called for a ceasefire between the Tripoli-based government and Haftar forces.

The TurkStream natural gas pipeline, the construction of which started in 2017, has been launched with a ceremony in İstanbul.

According to the list of most powerful passports of the world prepared based on IATA data, Japan has ranked the first, just as it did in the previous two years. As for Turkey, it has ranked 55th, marking a degrade of three rankings.

"Turkey is among a couple of countries that can talk to both the US and Iran, maybe the most important one," the Presidential Spokesperson has said.

While High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell has expressed concerns over Turkey’s military deployment to Libya, Head of UN Support Mission in Libya Salamé has said, “Keep your hands off Libya.”

President Erdoğan stated on Sunday that Turkey will send "combatant groups" other than its soldiers to Libya.

The President has made remarks on Turkey's move to send troops to Libya and the US assassination of Iran's Qassem Soleimani.

Referring to the killing of Iran’s General Soleimani, Minister of Foreign Affairs Çavuşoğlu has said, “The killing of Qassem Soleimani in Iraq has posed a serious risk and threat to the peace and stability of our region.”

The Foreign Ministry has made a statement on the US drone strike that killed Iran's General Soleimani.

A motion on sending troops to Libya upon a bilateral agreement was submitted to the parliament yesterday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has briefed main opposition CHP about a possible military deployment in Libya. CHP has emphasized that “instead of being a party to a proxy war, Turkey should prioritize diplomacy in Libya.”

"Halkbank has two reasonable choices: It can either appear in a US court to raise any legitimate defense or it can choose not to appear and face any attendant risks," Judge Berman has said.

Turkey will accept the invitation of the UN-recognized government of Libya and a motion for sending troops to the country will be submitted to the parliament as soon as it reopens, the President has announced.

President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has stated that 80 thousand people are migrating from Syria’s Idlib towards the border of Turkey. “In such a case, Turkey will not bear the burden of this migration all alone”, Erdoğan has said.

Turkey and Libya's Government of National Accord on November 27 reached two separate memorandums of understanding one on military cooperation and the other on maritime boundaries of countries in the Eastern Mediterranean.

One of the murder suspects of Assoc. Prof. Necip Hablemitoğlu has been reportedly captured in Ukraine. Academic Hablemitoğlu was assassinated in front of his house on December 18, 2002.

Turkey's bilateral relations with other countries are not an alternative to its ties with NATO and EU, Minister of Defense Akar has told a forum in Qatar.

US Ambassador Satterfield has been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey over the US Senate's approval of a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

A Senate committee yesterday approved a sanctions bill against Turkey over its military operation in northern Syria.