Turkey agreed to pay €2.2 billion for Russia’s most advanced missile defence system, in a deal that signals a turn away from Nato, Bloomberg reported. According to the preliminary agreement, Turkey will receive two S-400 missile batteries from Russia next year, and another two will be produced inside Turkey. Nato has earlier protested a possible missile defence deal with China. Source:EuObsever
With France still reeling from the Strasbourg terrorist shooting, the government has called on the “yellow vest” protest movement to cancel its next rally. Meanwhile, a protester has died after being hit by a truck. Source: Deutsche Welle
Yemen’s warring sides agreed on Thursday to a ceasefire for the flashpoint city of Hodeidah and its surrounding governorate, a major breakthrough that could end what the UN calls the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis”. Source: Al Jazeera
Turkish forces will enter the Syrian town of Manbij if the United States does not remove YPG members, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Dec. 14. Source: Hürriyet Daily News
