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One month since declared coronavirus pandemic, over 108,000 dead
Apr 12, 2020 03:42One month since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), 108,867 people have died of complications caused by the pathogen and more than 1,777,666 people have been infected worldwide, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.
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Turkey dispatches some 300 allied Takfiri militants from Syria to Libya: SOHR
Apr 12, 2020 02:06Turkey has reportedly sent new batches of allied Takfiri militants from Syria to Libya, following a bill passed by the parliament earlier this year that allows the Ankara government to deploy forces to the North African country to intervene in the civil war.
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Turkey imposes two-day lockdown to fight coronavirus
Apr 11, 2020 12:21Istanbul, Ankara and other major Turkish cities locked down for two days to combat the spread of the coronavirus under an Interior Ministry order, as the country's death toll from the pandemic rose above 1,000 on Saturday.
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Turkey sends another convoy of military vehicles into Syria’s Idlib
Apr 10, 2020 02:04A Britain-based war monitor says Turkey has dispatched another military convoy to Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, as Ankara beefs up its military presence in the embattled region following a ceasefire reached earlier this month with Moscow to halt an escalation of violence there.
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Zarif: Iran ready to help Turkey in COVID-19 battle
Apr 08, 2020 02:01Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif voiced the country’s readiness to help Turkey to contain the novel coronavirus epidemic.
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Turkish forces, allied militants shell villages in Syria’s Hasakah
Apr 07, 2020 14:58Turkish army forces and militants allied to Ankara have attacked several villages in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah, a report says.
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Iran needs no charity from US, only wants bans lifted amid virus crisis: Zarif
Apr 07, 2020 13:13Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran, as a resource-rich nation, needs no charity from US President Donald Trump in its battle against a coronavirus pandemic, calling Washington instead to stop standing in the way of Tehran’s oil sales and banking transactions.
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Terrorists in Syria demonstrate against Ankara, demand salaries
Apr 06, 2020 03:37Turkish-backed terrorists positioned in northeastern Syria have staged a protest denouncing their treatment by Turkey and demanding their salaries to be paid.
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Iran hits back at Pompeo over alleged assassination attempt in Turkey
Apr 05, 2020 01:47Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has lashed out at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for accusing "Iranian diplomats" of involvement in an alleged "assassination" in Turkey last November.
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Turkey restricts youths, shuts borders to fight coronavirus
Apr 04, 2020 13:56Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the country has imposed a partial curfew on citizens under the age of 20 as part of measures aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus.