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US leaning on Kurdish fighters in Syria strategy
Mar 02, 2016 04:43Turkey's deputy prime minister has blasted the US for its Syria policy, arguing that Washington is dependent on the assistance of Kurdish fighters in its alleged battle against the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group operating in the Arab country.
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Turkey president opposes journalists release
Feb 28, 2016 11:39Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has no respect for a recent Constitutional Court decision ordering the release of two journalists jailed for reporting on the government’s alleged arms delivery to militants in Syria.
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Turkey violates Syria truce by shelling Kurds: Kurdish official
Feb 28, 2016 10:51A senior Kurdish official says Turkish forces have once again fired shells into Syrian towns controlled by Kurdish forces, violating a ceasefire that has recently come into effect in the Arab country.
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Turkish protesters condemn curfew in southeast
Feb 28, 2016 04:19Thousands of demonstrators protested on Saturday against a three-month military crackdown as well as a strict curfew in southeastern Turkey.
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Saudi forces in Turkey for air campaign in Syria
Feb 25, 2016 17:01More than two dozen Saudi Air Force personnel and a cargo of military equipment have arrived in Turkey to prepare for a joint air campaign in Syria.
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Turkey not bound by Syria truce deal if security threatened: PM
Feb 25, 2016 09:02Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says Turkey will not honor a planned cessation of hostilities in war-hit Syria if its security is threatened.
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Russia urges appraisal of Turkey shelling of Syria
Feb 24, 2016 18:56Russia has called on international human rights organizations to appraise Turkish artillery shelling inside the Syria territory, denouncing as illegal Ankara’s military campaign in the crisis-hit Arab country.
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Keep Kurds out of Syria ceasefire: Erdogan
Feb 24, 2016 14:24Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Syrian Kurdish forces must be excluded from a ceasefire agreement between the warring sides in Syria.
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EU warns of possible Turkey-Russia ‘hot war’ over Syria
Feb 24, 2016 06:09The European Union (EU) foreign policy chief has cautioned against the risk of a war with active military hostilities between Turkey and Russia over Syria, where regional powers have sided with warring sides to the conflict gripping the Arab country.
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DNA proves Ankara attacker as Turkish
Feb 24, 2016 02:57DNA evidence shows that the culprit behind a deadly blast in Ankara was Turkish-born, not Syrian as initially claimed by Turkish authorities, says a security official.