Turkey and Qatar will hold joint naval drills on Aug. 6-7, as part of a two-stage joint exercise amid the ongoing diplomatic crisis between Doha and several other Arab states, Hurriyet reports referring Anadolu Agency.
Turkey’s parliament on June 7 ratified legislation to allow more troops to be deployed to the military base in Qatar set up as part of an agreement signed in 2014.
The countries started a joint military exercise on August 1 with the participation of over 250 Turkish troops and more than 30 armored vehicles.