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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.
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Turkey says would work with Syria's Assad if he won 'democratic election'
Dec 16, 2018 13:12Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says the Ankara government would consider working with Syrian President Bashar Assad if he won a democratic and credible election.
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Turkey attacks PKK in Northern Iraq again
Dec 16, 2018 12:34Turkish military aircraft hit [Kurdistan Workers' Party] PKK targets in Northern Iraq again, ignoring protests from Baghdad which says Ankara's repeated airstrikes violate Iraqi sovereignty and endanger civilians.
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Ukraine Orthodox church breaks with Russia’s
Dec 16, 2018 08:08The Ukrainian Orthodox church has joined a political struggle by Kiev against Russia, declaring “independence” from the Russian Orthodox Church.
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EU calls on Turkey to refrain from any unilateral action in Syria
Dec 16, 2018 03:08European Union’s top foreign policy official has called on Turkey to avoid taking any unilateral action in Syria that could destabilize the Arab country.
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Turkey vows to continue attacks on PKK militants in Iraq
Dec 15, 2018 14:22Turkey says it will continue its attacks on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in northern Iraq despite Baghdad’s protest at repeated violations of its airspace.