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Russia says Turkey’s decision on Hagia Sophia’s status ‘internal affair’
Jul 13, 2020 09:55Russia says Turkey’s decision to turn the UNESCO World Heritage site Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque is an “internal affair” of the Anatolian country.
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MBS prime suspect in Khashoggi murder case: UN official
Jul 12, 2020 07:11A senior UN official says Saudi Arabia’s heir apparent Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) is a prime suspect in the murder of well-known Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul back in October 2018.
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Turkey’s Erdogan says museum Hagia Sophia to change back to mosque
Jul 11, 2020 00:59Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that the UNESCO World Heritage site Hagia Sophia would be handed over to Turkey's religious affairs directorate and reopened for Muslim worshiping.
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UNSC failure behind use of drones by some states for terrorist acts: Syria's envoy
Jul 10, 2020 02:06Syria says the UN Security Council's silence has emboldened some hostile states and foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists to make vast use of unmanned aerial vehicles to launch acts of terrorism and aggression across the Arab country.
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Iraqi president censures Turkish ‘military violation’ of Iraqi soil
Jul 09, 2020 07:30Iraqi President Barham Salih has censured Turkey’s ongoing cross-border operation in the Arab country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region against hideouts of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group, describing the offensive as a “military violation” of Iraqi soil.
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Russia, Turkey working on ceasefire in Libya
Jul 08, 2020 10:34Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow and Ankara are working on an immediate ceasefire agreement in Libya.
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Russia to propose UNSC resolution on Syria aid delivery after veto
Jul 08, 2020 03:49Moscow says it will propose a draft resolution at the UN Security Council to seek a six-month extension of a cross-border aid delivery mechanism for Syria through one checkpoint, after Russia and China vetoed a relevant resolution drafted based on an “outdated” format.
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Huge forest fire threatens Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula
Jul 07, 2020 03:50Hundreds of firefighters were working to extinguish a forest fire in northwest Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula on Monday (July 6), state-owned Anadolu news agency said, adding maritime traffic in the Canakkale straits was suspended due to the blaze.
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Turkish troops, allied militants cut off drinking water to people in Syria’s Hasakah, environs
Jul 05, 2020 23:33Turkish military troops and allied militants have once again cut off drinking water supplies to about a million people living in and around the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah by stopping a border water pumping station, a report says.
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Iraq officially protests Turkey’s cross-border offensive
Jul 05, 2020 04:04The Iraqi government has expressed its official protest at Turkey’s attacks against the Arab country’s north, saying the offensive must immediately stop.