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Turkey, United Arab Emirates
Erdogan family's drones help Turkey's diplomacy in Africa and the Gulf

In Libya's skies, drones supplied by the Unted Arab Emirates, Khalifa Haftar's uncontested sponsor, are up against Turkish drones. [...]

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France, Turkey
French small businesses court Turkish drone industry

France's complex relations with Turkey did not stop Business France, promoter of French businesses worldwide, from going ahead with a French entrepreneurs' trip to Turkey in November. The delegation met with Turkish aerospace players, including military drone manufacturer Uevera, on the lookout for future cooperation opportunities.

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Turkey and the UAE are committed to normalising their relations and hope to see a fruitful economic relationship emerge based on defence investments. All this depends, however, on the two countries being able to take the sting out of certain sticking points, not least the matter of Mohamed Dahlan, protected by Abu Dhabi and targeted by Ankara.

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Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Qatar wants its own sovereign weapons industry. Over the last three years, it has built Barzan Holdings out of nothing. To do this, Emir Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani has called upon the expertise - and contacts - of leading local figures and many foreign consultants.

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Abdullah Hassan Al Khater (Barzan) and J-F Ricci (AKKA) sign an agreement.

France, United States
French involvement in Libya spared from US intelligence investigation

Despite the diplomatic chill over the AUKUS alliance, the US has offered an olive branch to France in its Libya Stabilization Act.

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Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Turkey navigates narrow strait between Ukrainian defence and Russian gas

Turkey has been on good terms with Ukraine for several years, particularly in defence, however it is too soon to break things off with Russia, one of its key gas suppliers.

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey
STII is Turkish drone maker Baykar's Riyadh go-between

The young Saudi company, which is well-connected with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's defence structures, is handling the Riyadh' marketing of the TB-2 drone built by Baykar, which is close to the Turkish president's office.

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Canada, Turkey
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Ankara has maintained a communication channel with Ottawa after the federal State's 5 October decision to slap an embargo on [...]

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Spotlight | Turkey
After Syria and Libya, Ankara makes moves in Yemen

Turkey's military and security apparatus, which is heavily mobilised in Syria and Iraq, Libya and increasingly Yemen, wants to go the distance against Russia on all fronts, despite the strain and internal strife these efforts are causing.

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Qatar, Turkey
MIT makes its mark on Qatar's security apparatus

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Syria, Turkey
MIT provides decisive help with Turkish offensive in Syria

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