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Greece fires tear gas at refugees at border crossing with Turkey
Mar 04, 2020 13:28Greek security forces have fired tear gas and used water cannon at the border with Turkey to prevent hundreds of refugees from crossing into the European country, with Athens accusing Ankara of using tear gas against its police to help refugees breach the frontier.
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Turkey failed to honor Idlib deal, allowed outposts to merge with terrorist fortifications: Russia
Mar 04, 2020 07:07Moscow says Ankara has failed to live up to its commitments under a deal to enforce a demilitarized zone in Idlib, complaining that the Turkish military has allowed its observation posts to merge with terrorist fortifications in the northwestern Syrian province.
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Turkey develops formula to keep up trade with Iran
Mar 03, 2020 13:38Turkey has developed a formula to continue cross-border trade with Iran despite a travel ban due to the coronavirus, the country’s Hurriyet newspaper reports.
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Syrian forces shoot down Turkish drone in Saraqib
Mar 03, 2020 12:59Syrian forces have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to Turkish military while flying in the skies over a strategic city in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib.
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Greece expects ‘strong’ EU support in refugee crisis
Mar 03, 2020 10:58Greece says it expects “strong” support from the European Union (EU) leaders to help resolve a deepening refugee crisis at its border with Turkey, as diplomats from the bloc arrived in the border area for a meeting on the matter.
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Turkey downs Syrian fighter jet as it intensifies Idlib attacks
Mar 03, 2020 10:20Turkey has shot down a Syrian fighter jet over the embattled northwestern province of Idlib, where Ankara supports militant groups fight against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Greece has no legal right to suspend asylum requests: UNHCR
Mar 03, 2020 04:06Greece has no legal justification for suspending asylum procedures as the country struggles to prevent thousands of migrants from entering its territory, says the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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Damascus blasts Turkish aggression in northwestern Syria, vows proper response
Mar 03, 2020 03:15Syria has strongly condemned the Turkish military aggression in the Arab country’s embattled northwestern region, saying such a campaign is in violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and in line with the Ankara government’s generous support for terror groups wreaking havoc there.
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Erdogan warns 'millions' of refugees heading into Europe, Ankara will not stop them
Mar 03, 2020 02:58Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara has no plans to stop the flow of migrants into the European Union (EU), warning that “millions of refugees” will soon be moving toward Turkey’s borders with the bloc.
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Syrian govt. forces recapture key northwestern city from Turkish-backed militants
Mar 02, 2020 12:19Syrian government forces have managed to retake a strategic city in the southeastern suburbs of the country’s Northwestern Province of Idlib from Turkish-backed militants.