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Russian president: US after ‘economically suffocating’ Syria
Jul 02, 2020 00:15Russian President Vladimir Putin during a video conference with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts on Syria on Wednesday said the United States seeks to ‘economically suffocate’ Syria by adopting new sanctions against the country.
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Iran’s gas exports to Turkey resume after pipeline repairs
Jul 01, 2020 11:48The Iranian Oil Ministry says it has resumed exports of natural gas to Turkey despite reports in the media suggesting that exports could stop for good because of price disputes.
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Iran to host virtual Syria talks with Russia, Turkey on Wed.
Jun 30, 2020 12:23President Hassan Rouhani will host a virtual conference with his Russian and Turkish counterparts on the situation in Syria and the West Asian country’s peace process on Wednesday.
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Battle looms over Libya’s strategic city of Sirte
Jun 30, 2020 07:06Libyan government forces are preparing to retake the strategic city of Sirte, and the rebels occupying the city are also reinforcing their ranks by deploying thousands of foreign mercenaries ahead of the battle.
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35 migrants rescued from half-sunken boat in Aegean Sea
Jun 30, 2020 01:05Turkey’s coastguard said it rescued 35 migrants from a boat found half sunken in the Aegean Sea early on Monday (June 29), and was searching for four more missing people.
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Turkey-backed militants stealing ancient artifacts in Syria's Afrin: Report
Jun 29, 2020 09:03Turkey-backed militants have begun a new operation to steal ancient artifacts from Syria’s northwestern city of Afrin, a report says.
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EU covering up Greek rights violations against refugees: Turkey
Jun 25, 2020 11:10Turkey has strongly denounced remarks by top Greek and EU officials critical of Ankara’s handling of the refugee issue along its borders, calling them an attempt to whitewash Athens’ human rights violations.
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Libyan conflict has no military solution: Russian FM
Jun 23, 2020 13:42Russia says the conflict in Libya has no military solution and an immediate ceasefire is required as foreign intervention continues to flame the fighting in the North African country.
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Locals pelt US convoy with stones in Syria’s northeast to stop it from entering village
Jun 22, 2020 08:57In a show of seething resentment over the presence of American terrorist troops in their region, dozens of people in Syria’s Northeastern Province of Hasakah have blocked a road, throwing stones at a US military convoy and forcing it to leave the area.
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Iraq summons Turkish envoy again to protest military op, demand troop withdrawal
Jun 18, 2020 10:02The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has once again called in the Turkish ambassador to express its strong protest over a military operation by Turkish forces in the country’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, and to demand that Ankara immediately halt its assaults there.