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Turkey summons Egypt’s charge d'affaires over raid on Anadolu office
Jan 16, 2020 03:03Turkey summoned Egypt’s charge d'affaires on Wednesday over a raid on the office of the Turkish state news agency Anadolu in Cairo, where four staff members were arrested.
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Libya’s government, rebels agree to ceasefire brokered by Turkey, Russia
Jan 12, 2020 08:51Libya’s internationally-recognized government and militia groups under the command of renegade General Khalifa Haftar have agreed to a ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey.
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Turkish coast guards rescue 3, search for 3 after collision in the Bosphorus
Jan 10, 2020 08:48Turkish coast guards rescue three people after a Turkish fishing boat and a Russian-flagged tanker collided off Istanbul's northern coast. Search and rescue efforts continued for three people still missing.
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Haftar rejects Turkey-Russia’s call for Libyan ceasefire
Jan 10, 2020 07:55Libyan renegade general Khalifa Haftar has rejected calls for a ceasefire by Turkey and Russia, insisting that he would continue the offensive against forces of the internationally-recognized government in Tripoli.
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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.