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Al-Hakim stresses need for withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq
Jan 10, 2020 04:58Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali al-Hakim has stressed the need for US and other foreign troops to leave Iraq as a backlash grows over the recent American assassination of a top Iranian general in Baghdad.
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Turkey: US assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani 'a serious risk to peace'
Jan 06, 2020 09:08Turkey’s foreign minister says the United States’ assassination of Iranian Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani poses “a serious risk to peace in the region.”
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Erdogan says Turkish soldiers have begun Libya deployment
Jan 06, 2020 07:37Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Turkish soldiers had begun deploying to Libya after parliament approved such a move last week.
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US will pay heavy price for assassinating Lieutenant General Soleimani: Rouhani
Jan 05, 2020 02:58President Hassan Rouhani says the United States is accountable for any consequences of its act of terror against Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), stressing that Washington will pay a heavy price for its recent terrorist move.
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Turkey's lawmakers approve troop deployment to Libya
Jan 03, 2020 01:59Turkey's parliament approves military deployment to Libya, aimed at shoring up the UN-backed government in Tripoli, which has been under sustained attack since April by military strongman General Khalifa Haftar.
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Turkey dispatches new military convoy to Syria's Idlib: SOHR
Jan 02, 2020 14:10Turkey has brought in a new column of military forces and hardware to be deployed in its observation posts in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, only days after Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said the Turkish military will not leave the posts, a Britain-based war monitor says.
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Seven detained in Istanbul over aiding ex-Nissan CEO's escape
Jan 02, 2020 11:02Turkish police forces have arrested seven people, including four pilots, as part of an investigation into how former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn managed a dramatic escape to Lebanon through Istanbul after fleeing Japan, where he was facing trial on financial misconduct charges.
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Turkey says may hold off sending troops to Libya
Jan 02, 2020 03:30Turkey may hold off sending troops to Libya if forces loyal to eastern Commander Khalifa Haftar halt their offensive against the internationally recognized government in Tripoli and pull back, the Turkish vice president says.
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Russia foils militant rocket attack on its airbase in Syria’s Latakia
Jan 01, 2020 13:33The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Russian surface-to-air missile systems have managed to foil an attack by foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists against the strategic Hmeimim airbase in Syria's western coastal province of Latakia.
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Turkey mulling sending allied militants from Syria to Libya: Report
Dec 31, 2019 10:28Turkey is reportedly considering sending militants from an allied, anti-government militia group in Syria to Libya as part of planned military support for the government in Tripoli.