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US Senate committee approves Turkey sanctions bill
Dec 12, 2019 04:03The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved legislation to impose sanctions on Turkey over its offensive against Syria as well as its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile system.
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Giving up on S-400 missile systems out of question: Turkish defense minister
Dec 11, 2019 11:23Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar says his country will not back out of the procurement of the advanced Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems, and is currently in contact with its NATO allies, particularly the United States, to work out a solution to the matter.
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Iran, Russia, Turkey call for restoration of peace to Syria’s Idlib
Dec 11, 2019 10:57The three mediators of the Astana peace process on Syria — Russia, Turkey and Iran — have expressed their concerns about the presence of Takfiri terrorist groups in Idlib, underlining the need for the restoration of peace to the northwestern Syrian province, which is the last main militant bastion in the Arab state.
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Bogged down near Tripoli, Haftar’s militia now seek to take on Turkey, too
Dec 11, 2019 05:01A commander with Libyan militia groups headed by renegade general Khalifa Haftar says he has “orders” to destroy any Turkish vessel near war-torn Libya, hours after Turkey and the internationally-recognized government of Libya began implementing agreements on maritime boundaries and military cooperation.
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Turkey to settle one million Syrian refugees in NE Syria
Dec 11, 2019 03:45Two months after launching a cross-border military operation into northeastern Syria, Turkey says it is planning to settle one million Syrian refugees in the area which it cleared of Kurdish forces.
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Lawyers for Gaza-bound flotilla raid victims to appeal ICC decision
Dec 06, 2019 03:51Families of those martyred by Israeli forces aboard an aid flotilla heading for the besieged Gaza Strip in 2010 will appeal the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s decision not to press charges against Tel Aviv.
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2 Syrians killed, 6 injured as double bomb attack hits Ra's al-Ayn
Dec 06, 2019 03:17At least two Syrian civilians have been killed and six others sustained injuries as a result of two bomb attacks in the Northeastern Province of Hasakah.
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Erdogan urges NATO members to label groups in Syria as terrorists
Dec 04, 2019 03:25Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he expected solidarity from the NATO members against threats that his country is facing.
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Turkish-backed militants loot historical artifacts in northern Syria: SOHR
Dec 03, 2019 16:46The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says Turkish-backed militants are plundering historical artifacts in Syria’s northwestern province of Aleppo and smuggling them over the border to sell in Turkey.
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Eight children among 11 killed in Turkish shelling on Syria's Aleppo: Observatory
Dec 03, 2019 05:35Turkish military forces have claimed the lives of at least 11 civilians, including eight children, in an artillery attack that struck near a school in the northwestern Syrian province of Aleppo.