Turkish President Erdogan will visit Qatar on Monday.

ROKETSAN Lifts the Curtain on Türkiye’s Defense Ambitions

ROKETSAN CEO Murat Ikinci at DSEI 2025:

We’re happy to see international delegations here. All our products—from air defense to ballistic missiles—are already in serial production.

On Steel Dome vs. Iron Dome:

Our system integrates Hisar, Siper, Sungur, and more into a layered architecture. The key difference? It’s fully national—radar, sensors, and missiles are all Turkish. We are not dependent on any other country.

On smart munitions:

Turkish drones dominate globally, and our munitions fly on them. We’re the number one on UAV smart munitions. Tested in deserts, cold, and humidity—they’ve proven reliability worldwide.

On Tayfun Block 4 ballistic missile:

Test before year-end, serial production next year. Hypersonic capability will be a game-changer.

On why buy Turkish:

We don’t just sell systems—we build partnerships with full logistics and lifecycle support.

NEW: Southern Cyprus gets additional delivery of Israel’s Barak MX air defense system.

The system offers 150 km coverage.

Turkish Special Representative Serdar Kilic arrives in Armenia, greeted at the Margara checkpoint by Ruben Rubinyan, his counterpart for Türkiye-Armenia normalization.

Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski responds to Trump:

In the night when 19 Russian drones flew over Poland, 400 flew over Ukraine, plus 40 missiles. These were not mistakes.

After Nepal’s social media ban triggered protests that toppled the prime minister, Discord became the country’s de facto parliament.

Over 145,000 Nepalis, mostly Gen Z activists, are using the app to debate and vote on an interim leader, with discussions so influential that the army and president are taking notice.

Source: NYT

Netanyahu:

Israel was not behind the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Somalia: UK handed over vehicles and modern equipment to Somalia to boost counter-explosives capacity.

FBI Director Kash Patel before the Utah press conference on Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Kremlin:

One cannot wear rose-colored glasses and expect lightning-fast results from the negotiation process on Ukraine.

Kremlin:

Currently, it can be said that there is a pause in contacts between Russia and Ukraine at the level of negotiation groups.

Niger: IS-affiliated Lakurawas group killed 6 civilians including a village chief in Birnin Fala and ambushed a military patrol near Dankassari, leaving 3 soldiers dead.

Bavaria’s ruling Christian Social Union (CSU) rejected European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal to sanction Israeli ministers and suspend parts of the EU-Israel trade agreement, saying Germany must not “turn its back on Israel.”

This opposition makes it harder for Chancellor Friedrich Merz to back the measures, given divisions within his coalition: CSU strongly supports Israel, the SPD wants a tougher stance, and Merz’s CDU remains undecided.

Source: POLITICO

Somalia: Defense Ministry announced Ceel-Dheer attack was repelled, 30 militants neutralized, several captured, and 6 soldiers killed.

📸 Bus stop ad near the U.S. Embassy in London ahead of Trump's visit to the UK in a week.

Trump privately warned Netanyahu not to repeat the attack on Qatar.

Source: Axios

Trump has conceded to confidants that he misjudged Putin's desire for peace, but he rejects the notion that he's being manipulated by Netanyahu.

Source: Axios