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Teenager killed as protesters attack Turkish base in Iraq's Kurdish region
Jan 27, 2019 01:13A teenage boy has been killed in a bout of violence involving Turkish troops and Kurdish protesters in northern Iraq.
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Damascus: Turkey breaching 1998 agreement by ‘occupying Syrian territory’
Jan 26, 2019 15:27The Syrian government has strongly dismissed recent remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan concerning a 1998 agreement between Ankara and Damascus, saying Turkey has been breaching the pact by supporting “terrorism” and occupying Syrian territory since 2011.
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Turkey expects creation of Syria security zone in few months, Erdogan says
Jan 26, 2019 04:33Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Ankara government expects a “security zone” to be created in neighboring Syria within a few months as the United States withdraws its troops from the war-torn Arab country.
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UN envoy to travel to Turkey for probe into Khashoggi murder
Jan 25, 2019 03:13A UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions will travel to Turkey next week to head an "independent international inquiry" into the gruesome killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Russia, Turkey vow to continue joint anti-terror fight in militant-held Idlib
Jan 24, 2019 07:37Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have agreed to take steps towards stabilizing the situation in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, the last major militant stronghold in the Arab country.
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Iran, Turkey, Russia warn US against meddling in domestic affairs of Veneuzela
Jan 24, 2019 07:36Iran, Turkey and Russia throw their weight behind the Venezuelan government against a bizarre move by the US-backed opposition leader to proclaim himself “president,” warning Washington against interfering in domestic affairs of the South American state.
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US demands security guarantee for Kurdish fighters from Turkey
Jan 22, 2019 11:10The protection of allied forces who fought and died battling Daesh in Syria must be guaranteed, the US secretary of state told his Turkish counterpart in a phone conversation.
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Erdogan: Turkey not to allow Syria safe zone to turn into ‘swamp’
Jan 22, 2019 04:09Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the country will never allow the implementation of a militant-free safe zone in Syria to be turned into "a swamp" like the one in northern Iraq, where US-backed Kurdish militants launch attacks on Turkish soil.
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Erdogan to Trump: Turkey ready to take over Manbij security
Jan 21, 2019 09:22Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is prepared to take over security in Syria’s northern town of Manbij where a deadly bomb attack killed several American soldiers last Wednesday.
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1000s join rally in Turkey in solidarity with detained Kurdish lawmaker
Jan 20, 2019 03:20Thousands of people have taken part in a rally in the main Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey to express solidarity with a detained lawmaker from a pro-Kurdish party who launched a hunger strike in November.