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Turkey’s Erdogan officially welcomes Iran’s Rouhani
Dec 20, 2018 05:26Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has officially welcomed his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, who is Ankara for two days of high-level talks on a wide range of issues, particularly bilateral economic ties.
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Turkish military convoy heads in direction of Syrian border
Dec 20, 2018 03:32A convoy of Turkish military trucks passed by the town of Islahiye on Wednesday, heading in the direction of the Syrian border.
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‘Russia to fulfill S-400 sale to Turkey despite Patriot deal’
Dec 19, 2018 10:46The Kremlin says there is no link between Turkey’s possible purchase of US Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems and that of the advanced Russian-built S-400 air defense missile system, saying Moscow is in the process of fulfilling the terms of the deal with Ankara.
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Arab League censures Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq
Dec 19, 2018 03:48The Arab League has strongly condemned Turkey's repeated airstrikes against the purported positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, stressing that “such actions are in violation of the Iraqi state’s sovereignty.”
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Iran, Russia, Turkey agree to ramp up efforts aimed at Syrian constitutional committee
Dec 19, 2018 02:52The Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia and Turkey have agreed to step up efforts aimed at convening the first session of a UN-sponsored Syrian Constitutional Committee early next year in a bid to begin a viable peace process to the country's seven-year-old conflict.
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UN envoy discusses new Syria constitution body with Iran, Turkey, Russia FMs
Dec 18, 2018 14:04The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey have held talks with the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on the composition of a Syrian constitutional committee.
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Erdogan: Turkey to launch East of Euphrates operation 'any moment'
Dec 17, 2018 16:33Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country’s military is possible to start a new operation against US-backed Kurdish militants in Syria at “any moment.”
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Thousands protest in Turkey for better living conditions
Dec 17, 2018 04:47Thousands of people gather in the main Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, in South-East Turkey, to ask for better living conditions, one month after the "Yellow Vests" movement started in France.
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UN chief calls for ‘credible’ investigation into Khashoggi’s murder
Dec 17, 2018 03:47UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a “credible” investigation into the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who is said to have been killed by the highest levels of the Saudi regime.
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Turkey says Trump working on extraditing wanted Gulen
Dec 17, 2018 03:29Turkey says President Donald Trump of the United States has told President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Washington is working on extraditing the US-based Turkish dissident Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of having masterminded the July 2016 coup attempt against the Turkish leader.