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Turkey deploys military reinforcements to Kurdish-held northern Syria
Dec 23, 2018 05:01Turkey has dispatched military reinforcements to northern Syria, which is held by US-backed Kurdish militants, as American troops prepare to leave the Arab country.
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Thousands protest against rise of living costs in Turkey
Dec 23, 2018 02:01Thousands of protesters from all over Turkey take to the street in Istanbul to demonstrate against the rise in the cost of living in Turkey.
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Erdogan welcomes US troop withdrawal from Syria
Dec 21, 2018 14:22Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the United States’ announced withdrawal from Syria, temporarily postponing a planned invasion of Syria’s Kurdish-controlled northeastern regions.
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Syrians rally in Hasakah to protest Turkey’s ‘threats’ of military offensive
Dec 21, 2018 02:41Syrians have rallied in the Northeastern Province of al-Hasakah, protesting “threats” posed to their country after Turkey announced another possible military operation in the north of the Arab state.
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Iran, Turkey pledge to promote economic ties to reach $30bn trade target
Dec 20, 2018 11:05Iran and Turkey have agreed to step up their economic cooperation with the aim of reaching a $30-billion target set for their annual trade, voicing concern over the re-imposition by the US of unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic, a move which they say could affect the entire region's economy.
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Libyan army demands UN investigation into 'two weapons shipments from Turkey'
Dec 20, 2018 08:24The Libyan National Army has called on the United Nations Security Council to launch an immediate investigation into what it says are two shipments of military hardware from Turkey to the North African country.
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Turkey’s Erdogan officially welcomes Iran’s Rouhani
Dec 20, 2018 05:26Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has officially welcomed his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, who is Ankara for two days of high-level talks on a wide range of issues, particularly bilateral economic ties.
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Turkish military convoy heads in direction of Syrian border
Dec 20, 2018 03:32A convoy of Turkish military trucks passed by the town of Islahiye on Wednesday, heading in the direction of the Syrian border.
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‘Russia to fulfill S-400 sale to Turkey despite Patriot deal’
Dec 19, 2018 10:46The Kremlin says there is no link between Turkey’s possible purchase of US Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems and that of the advanced Russian-built S-400 air defense missile system, saying Moscow is in the process of fulfilling the terms of the deal with Ankara.
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Arab League censures Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq
Dec 19, 2018 03:48The Arab League has strongly condemned Turkey's repeated airstrikes against the purported positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, stressing that “such actions are in violation of the Iraqi state’s sovereignty.”