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Syria arrests Turkish-backed militants planning terror attacks
Jan 17, 2019 11:15Syrian Kurdish officials have arrested a group of Turkish-backed militants from the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA), who was apparently plotting new terror attacks in the country’s northern province of Aleppo on orders from Turkey's intelligence agency (MIT).
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Turkey deports Dutch financial journalist over ‘security-related reasons’
Jan 17, 2019 11:15Turkey has deported a journalist working for a Dutch financial newspaper over unspecified “security-related reasons,” as Ankara continues its crackdown on the press over two years after a failed coup against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Manbij bomb attack won’t impact Trump’s planned troop pullout from Syria: Erdogan
Jan 17, 2019 09:21Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he believes the recent deadly bomb attack in Syria’s flashpoint northern city of Manbij, which killed several American soldiers, would not impact US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from war-torn Syria.
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Trump, Erdogan talk Syria ‘safe zone’ amid war of words over Kurdish militants
Jan 15, 2019 10:39US President Donald Trump has held talks with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the establishment of a militant-free safe zone in northern Syria.
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Turkey says 'not intimidated' after Trump threatens economic devastation
Jan 14, 2019 12:09Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Turkey will not be intimidated by US President Donald Trump's threat to “devastate" its economy if Ankara attacked Kurdish militants in Syria.
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Trump to ‘devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds’ in Syria
Jan 14, 2019 04:44US President Donald Trump has threatened to “devastate Turkey economically” if it attacks US backed Kurdish militants in Syria after US withdrawal.
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Turkey deploys further military reinforcements to Syrian border
Jan 13, 2019 03:33The Turkish military has sent new reinforcements to the country’s areas on the border with Syria’s militant-held Province of Idlib as Ankara is preparing for a military operation against US-backed Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from the war-torn country.
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Turkish defense minister vows operation against Kurdish YPG forces when time is right
Jan 11, 2019 14:50Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar says his country’s military continues to prepare for a military operation against US-backed Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, which will start “at the right time” for the Ankara government.
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Amnesty urges UN probe into Saudi murder of Khashoggi
Jan 11, 2019 03:09Amnesty International has called for a UN investigation into the killing in Turkey last year of prominent Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Turkey will start offensive in Syria if US troop pullout stalled: Cavusoglu
Jan 10, 2019 14:36Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says his country will launch an offensive against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, in case the United States delays the planned withdrawal of its troops from the war-torn Arab country.