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Russia, Turkey agree on borders of buffer zone in Syria’s Idlib province
Sep 22, 2018 02:00Russia and Turkey have reached a consensus on borders of a demilitarized zone in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, which is the last major stronghold of anti-Damascus militants, in an attempt to avert a possible full-scale offensive by the Syrian government against terrorists in the militant-held region.
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Turkey arrests dozens of on-duty soldiers over affiliation to Gulen Movement
Sep 21, 2018 09:25Turkish security forces have arrested dozens of on-duty soldiers on suspicion of affiliation to a movement led by US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the Ankara government accuses of having masterminded the July 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Turkish court orders release of prominent opposition legislator
Sep 21, 2018 01:30A Turkish court has ordered the release of a prominent lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), who had been sentenced to more than five years in prison for his alleged role in disclosing government secrets.
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Turkey needs to send more troops to Idlib under deal with Russia: Turkish FM
Sep 18, 2018 12:17Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says his country will need to deploy more troops to Syria’s militant-held northwestern province of Idlib following an agreement with Russia, which entails a demilitarized zone in the crisis-plagued area.
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Iran welcomes Turkey-Russia deal on buffer zone in Syria's Idlib
Sep 18, 2018 10:47Iran has welcomed a recent agreement reached between Turkey and Russia to create a buffer zone in Syria’s Idlib Province, the last major terrorist bastion in the Arab country.
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Iraq to send troops along border to stop Turkish ‘violations’
Sep 18, 2018 09:34Iraq has announced plans to deploy troops along the border with Turkey in an effort to defend the frontier against any “violations” of its territory and airspace.
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Russia, Turkey agree to create buffer zone in Syria's Idlib
Sep 18, 2018 02:54The leaders of Turkey and Russia say they have agreed to create a demilitarized buffer zone to separate Syrian government troops from Takfiri terrorist groups in the Northwestern Province of Idlib, as Ankara seeks to prevent a full-scale operation by the Damascus government against thousands of terrorists in the militant-held region.
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Turkey to create joint bank with Iran to help trade in local currencies
Sep 18, 2018 01:40Turkey is reportedly looking into a plan to establish a joint bank with Iran to help both countries’ trade in local currencies as US pressures to restrict their access to the dollar are already mounting.
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Turkey's S-400 purchase from Russia matter of 'national decision’: NATO chief
Sep 16, 2018 02:29Secretary General of the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg has described as a matter of “national decision” Turkey’s plan to purchase the advanced Russian-built S-400 air defense missile system, regardless of strong opposition and warnings from the United States.
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Turkey detains hundreds of workers protesting over labor conditions at new airport
Sep 16, 2018 02:14Turkish police have attacked a protest rally held over labor conditions and arrested hundreds of workers at Istanbul’s new airport, a labor union says.