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Bomb attack kills ten in Turkish-controlled northern Syria town
Jan 17, 2020 05:00Nearly a dozen people have lost their lives when a powerful car bomb explosion ripped through a northern Syrian border town seized by Turkish military forces and their allied militants in the aftermath of a cross-border incursion against militants of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).
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Iran not interested in escalation of tensions: Gen. Baqeri
Jan 16, 2020 11:00Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri says the Islamic Republic is not interested in escalation of tensions in the region, but is ready to give a crushing response to any act of aggression.
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Turkey ‘not pessimistic’ about ceasefire in Libya but wary of Haftar
Jan 16, 2020 04:49Turkey says it is not pessimistic about the prospect of a ceasefire in Libya, even after the collapse of peace talks in Moscow, but accuses renegade Libyan general Khalifa Haftar of seeking continued conflict.
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Turkey summons Egypt’s charge d'affaires over raid on Anadolu office
Jan 16, 2020 03:03Turkey summoned Egypt’s charge d'affaires on Wednesday over a raid on the office of the Turkish state news agency Anadolu in Cairo, where four staff members were arrested.
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Libya’s government, rebels agree to ceasefire brokered by Turkey, Russia
Jan 12, 2020 08:51Libya’s internationally-recognized government and militia groups under the command of renegade General Khalifa Haftar have agreed to a ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey.
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Turkish coast guards rescue 3, search for 3 after collision in the Bosphorus
Jan 10, 2020 08:48Turkish coast guards rescue three people after a Turkish fishing boat and a Russian-flagged tanker collided off Istanbul's northern coast. Search and rescue efforts continued for three people still missing.
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Haftar rejects Turkey-Russia’s call for Libyan ceasefire
Jan 10, 2020 07:55Libyan renegade general Khalifa Haftar has rejected calls for a ceasefire by Turkey and Russia, insisting that he would continue the offensive against forces of the internationally-recognized government in Tripoli.
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Al-Hakim stresses need for withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq
Jan 10, 2020 04:58Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali al-Hakim has stressed the need for US and other foreign troops to leave Iraq as a backlash grows over the recent American assassination of a top Iranian general in Baghdad.
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Turkey: US assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani 'a serious risk to peace'
Jan 06, 2020 09:08Turkey’s foreign minister says the United States’ assassination of Iranian Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani poses “a serious risk to peace in the region.”
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Erdogan says Turkish soldiers have begun Libya deployment
Jan 06, 2020 07:37Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Turkish soldiers had begun deploying to Libya after parliament approved such a move last week.