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Two Turkish soldiers killed by IED in northern Iraq
Sep 24, 2019 08:41Turkey’s Defense Ministry has announced that two of its soldiers were killed in an attack in northern Iraq by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
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Damascus: Some UNSC permanent members politicize humanitarian situation in Syria
Sep 20, 2019 02:20Syria says some permanent member states of the United Nations Security Council continue to abuse the body’s mechanisms to politicize the humanitarian situation in the Arab country.
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Turkey says can't cope with growing refugee problems further
Sep 19, 2019 02:49Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey can no longer cope with the growing refugee problems and vowed to go ahead with his country’s plan for creating a safe zone in Syria.
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Minister says US sanctions on Iran hit Turkey worst
Sep 19, 2019 01:38Turkey’s Minister for Trade Ruhsar Pekcan says her country has been the worst hit by a series of American sanctions imposed on Iran.
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Saudi Arabia 'secretly' sells Istanbul consulate where Khashoggi was murdered
Sep 18, 2019 02:05The Saudi consulate building in Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul, where prominent dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered by a hit team last October, has reportedly been sold recently and the mission will soon be moving to a new location.
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Turkey continues to arm terrorist groups in Idlib, evades Sochi commitments: Syrian UN envoy
Sep 17, 2019 08:57Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Hussam Eddin Ala, says Turkey has been providing various types of munitions to foreign-sponsored terrorist groups operating in the country’s militant-held northwestern province of Idlib, and reneging on its commitments under the Sochi agreement.
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Iran, Turkey agree to increase use of local currencies in trade: Chief banker
Sep 16, 2019 10:57The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says use of local currencies in bilateral trade with Turkey would increase thanks to new agreements reached on the sidelines of a high-profile meeting between presidents of the two countries.
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Presidents of Iran, Russia, Turkey meet in Ankara to discuss Syria
Sep 16, 2019 08:33The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey meet on Monday in the Turkish capital of Ankara to discuss a political resolution to Syria’s eight-year conflict.
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Turkey censures Israeli regime over ‘racist’ annexation plan
Sep 15, 2019 13:19Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has denounced Israel for continuing its “aggressive” policies after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his plan to annex more areas of the occupied West Bank following the upcoming elections.
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Delivery of second S-400 battery to Turkey completed, defense ministry says
Sep 15, 2019 08:49Turkey's Defense Ministry says the delivery of the second battery of the advanced Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems has been completed, and that the systems would become operational in April 2020.