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Suspected UAE spy held in Turkey commits suicide
Apr 29, 2019 05:49One of the two suspected UAE spies detained by Turkey earlier this month has committed suicide, Turkey's media outlets said on Monday.
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Erdogan pledges to confront opponents in own party after elections loss
Apr 28, 2019 03:19Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) suffered shock election defeats in the capital Ankara and commercial hub Istanbul last month, has vowed to confront opponents inside his own party.
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Turkey arrests 115 military personnel over ties to Gulen
Apr 27, 2019 00:52Turkish police have arrested 115 soldiers over their suspected links to the movement of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara blames for an attempted coup in 2016.
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Iran, Russia, Turkey ‘determined’ to fight terror in Syria
Apr 26, 2019 08:39Iran, Russia, and Turkey - the three guarantor states of a ceasefire regime in Syria - are “clearly determined” to continue their fight against terrorism in the Arab country, says the Russian negotiator.
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New round of Syria peace talks begins in Kazakhstan
Apr 26, 2019 00:14A fresh round of multilateral negotiations for establishing peace in Syria within a framework known as the Astana Process kicked off in Kazakhstan’s Capital of Nur-Sultan, formerly known as Astana, on Thursday.
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Russia to start deliveries of S-400 to Turkey in July
Apr 25, 2019 01:18Russia says it will start delivering its S-400 anti-missile system to Turkey in July, despite US warnings against the move.
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Turkey: US going too far in pushing states to buy oil from its allies
Apr 23, 2019 06:40Turkey has censured the US for “going too far” in pressing other countries to buy oil from its own Persian Gulf Arab allies after ending waivers for the purchase of Iranian crude, saying such moves pose a risk to regional stability.
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West Asia powers partake in Iraq summit in blow to 'Arab NATO'
Apr 20, 2019 07:13Iraq’s parliamentary summit has brought together the country’s neighbors in what has been described as “a display of rare regional unity”, further sidelining a US initiative to form an “Arab NATO”.
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Turkey blasts French president for meeting Syria's Kurdish militants
Apr 20, 2019 02:24Turkey has censured French President Emmanuel Macron for hosting a delegation of Syrian Kurdish militants, accusing Paris of attempting to give legitimacy to a "terrorist" group.
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Syrian president calls for progress in stalled talks on Idlib buffer zone
Apr 20, 2019 00:37Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called for progress in stalled talks on a so-called buffer zone around terrorist-held Idlib Province in the country’s northwest.