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Syria condemns Turkey’s 'systematic policy' of cutting off drinking water in Hasakah
Dec 15, 2020 11:48Syria has condemned in the strongest terms the Turkish military forces’ “systematic policy” of depriving more than one million people in the country’s northeastern province of Hasakah of drinking water by cutting off the supply to the population.
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Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange prisoners of war
Dec 15, 2020 09:43Armenia and Azerbaijan have started a prisoner swap, under a ceasefire deal that was brokered by Russia last month to put an end to weeks-long fighting between the two countries over the Karabakh region.
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Turkey to send ambassador to Occupied Palestine for first time in two years: Paper
Dec 14, 2020 10:04Turkey has selected a new ambassador to send to the Occupied Palestine after Ankara recalled its envoy in 2018 over the martyring of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip at the hands of Israeli forces, media reports say.
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Turkish-backed militants attack areas in northeastern Syria
Dec 14, 2020 05:33Turkish-backed Takfiri militants have launched a series of artillery attacks in the northwestern Syrian city of Raqqah.
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Iranian MPs decry Turkish president’s divisive comments
Dec 13, 2020 07:09Iran’s lawmakers issued a statement in condemnation of the “unacceptable and divisive” remarks from the president of Turkey who created controversy after reciting a poem in Baku.
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Turkish FM gives Zarif assurance Ankara respects Iran's sovereignty
Dec 13, 2020 03:20Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Ankara's definite policy is to maintain close and cordial relations with Tehran based on good neighborliness after Turkish president’s recitation of a poem provoked unease in Iran.
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Iran summons Turkey’s ambassador over Erdogan’s ‘meddlesome’ remarks
Dec 11, 2020 14:33Iran has summoned Turkey’s Ambassador Derya Ors to formally complain about remarks made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan which Tehran views as ‘unacceptably meddlesome’ with regard to the issue of the separation of Azerbaijan.
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Turkey slams EU’s ‘biased and illegal’ approach, sanctions threat
Dec 11, 2020 10:54The Turkish foreign ministry has slammed the European Union's approach towards Turkey’s persisting dispute with Greece and Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean as "biased and illegal," calling on the Western bloc to instead act as an honest broker.
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Erdogan not informed while undermining Azerbaijan’s sovereignty: Zarif
Dec 11, 2020 10:45Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for reciting a poem about the separation of Azerbaijan, which he says the Turkish leader has misunderstood.
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US is about to sanction Turkey over Russian defense system
Dec 11, 2020 04:13The United States is ready to impose sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems last year, four sources including two US officials told Reuters on Thursday.