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Nearly 20 people, mostly civilians, killed in car bomb attack in Syria’s Aleppo
Nov 17, 2019 02:27Nearly 20 people, including children, have been killed and dozens more wounded when a car rigged with explosives went off in Syria’s Northern Province of Aleppo, a monitor says.
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Turkey ‘will go on with Russian S-400 purchase’
Nov 16, 2019 09:42A senior aide to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the country is determined to go on with the purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems, despite threats of sanctions by the United States.
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Turkish forces begin to establish base in northern Syria weeks after incursion
Nov 14, 2019 13:19Turkish army troops have begun setting up a military base in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah, weeks after the forces, backed by allied militants, launched a cross-border incursion against members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).
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Russia sets up helicopter base in northeast Syria
Nov 14, 2019 09:06The Russian military says it has begun setting up a new combat helicopter and air defense base at a formerly US-controlled civilian airport in northeastern Syria.
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Trump lauds Erdogan ties amid S-400 tensions, pro-Kurd protest
Nov 14, 2019 03:45US President Donald Trump lauds his relationship with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan amid S-400 tensions between Washington and Ankara.
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Turkish forces shoot at protesting civilians near Syria’s Kobani, kill two
Nov 13, 2019 03:19At least two civilians have lost their lives when Turkish military forces fired live rounds at a group of people, who were taking part in a protest against their presence in northern Syria following a cross-border incursion by Turkish army troops and their allied militants against members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).
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Turkish courts give life sentences to over 2,300 defendants over 2016 botched putsch
Nov 12, 2019 12:45Courts in Turkey have handed down life sentences to a total of 2,327 defendants, including senior military officers, on charges of involvement in the failed July 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Erdogan defies EU sanctions threat over Cyprus drilling
Nov 12, 2019 09:10Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that he would not give in to EU demands to stop oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean around Cyprus.
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Turkey deports 2 captured Western members of Daesh
Nov 11, 2019 12:06Turkey has deported two captured Western members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group despite unwillingness of the countries of origin.
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Turkish drone pounds village in Syria’s Hasakah amid cross-border incursion
Nov 10, 2019 12:51A combat unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), operated by Turkish military forces, has reportedly launched an airstrike against a residential neighborhood in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah, in the aftermath of a cross-border incursion by Turkish army troops and their allied militants into the Arab country's Kurdish region.