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2 killed after refugee boat sinks near Turkish coast
Oct 22, 2018 07:02Two people died after a boat carrying refugees sank just 50 meters off Turkey’s western coast near Bodrum early on Monday, the coast guard said.
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Saudi Arabia, US can weather crisis over murdered journalist: Jubeir
Oct 22, 2018 03:39Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir claims the kingdom and the United States can sustain the crisis created by the murder of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Washington is determined to bring Ankara to heel
Oct 21, 2018 14:18Over the last six decades, Turkey and the United States have grown into strategic partners and NATO allies. Both countries would face similar challenges both during the days of the Cold War and after them.
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Trump scrambles to cover for Saudi regime as crisis over Khashoggi murder mounts
Oct 21, 2018 14:16Following US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s emergency talks in Riyadh and Ankara, and amid mounting reports implicating Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration is scrambling to shield Washington’s closest ally in the region.
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Mnuchin to travel to Saudi Arabia to reinforce ties despite uproar over Khashoggi killing
Oct 21, 2018 13:45US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday in the occupied Bait al-Moqaddas that he would travel to the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, this week despite the international uproar over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, in an effort to reinforce ties.
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Turkey fails to persuade terrorists to withdraw form demilitarized zone in Northern Syria
Oct 21, 2018 11:11Ankara has failed to persuade terrorist groups to leave the demilitarized zone in Northeastern Lattakia, Southern Idlib, Northeastern Hama and Western Aleppo one week after deadline mentioned in Sochi Agreement ended, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Sunday.
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US senator: Saudi Crown Prince behind Khashoggi death
Oct 21, 2018 10:58Leading Republican US senator Bob Corker said on Sunday he believed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman was responsible for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and Riyadh has lost all credibility in their explanations of his death.
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Britain says Saudi account of Khashoggi's death not credible
Oct 21, 2018 10:30The United Kingdom says that Saudi Arabia's explanation of how dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul was not credible.
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Saudi Arabia's narrative of Khashoggi's murder sparks international skepticism
Oct 21, 2018 10:13Saudi Arabia's explanation of how dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the kingdom's Istanbul consulate has been greeted with international skepticism.
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Erdogan to host Putin, Macron, Merkel to discuss Syria
Oct 19, 2018 09:57Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to host Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as his French peer Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks over Syria later this month.