Bulgaria, The Netherlands, Sweden, Japan, Egypt, Poland, Vietnam, Portugal and Syria were first-time participants.

Breaking Defense was on the ground for Turkey's massive combined forces drill Efes 2026, which brought ships, drones, air defense and helicopters together.

Ankara framed both nations' attendance as part of its broader military-restructuring and advisory programs in each country.

In February 2023, when Turkey and Syria faced a devastating earthquake, which killed almost 52,000 people, India was amongst ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — All 20 personnel on board a Turkish military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia were killed, Turkey’s defense minister announced on Wednesday. The C-130 plane was flying from ...

ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish military cargo plane with 20 people on board crashed in Georgia near the border with Azerbaijan on Tuesday, authorities said, but they gave no immediate confirmation of ...

Despite being longtime patrons of the Syrian factionthat would ultimately overthrow the Baathist regime of Bashar Al Assad in Syria, Turkey has long had to deal with an uneasy balance of factions in ...

Turkey's Ministry of Defense confirmed that 20 soldiers were killed on Tuesday when a military cargo plane crashed in neighboring Georgia on its way back from Azerbaijan. Georgian Interior Minister ...