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Fresh Syria Talks Hit Hurdles As Safe Zones Mooted

Syrian rebels said Wednesday they were suspending participation in a latest round of peace talks aimed at pushing a...

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Turkey To Block Wikipedia ‘until It Removes False Content’

Turkey will not allow access to Wikipedia inside the country until rulings ordering the online encyclopedia to remove...

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Malaysia Police Arrest Turks Over ‘security Threat’

Two Turkish nationals who went missing in Malaysia have been arrested as a security threat, the police chief announced...

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Merkel Meets Putin To Discuss Crises In Syria and Ukraine

Merkel meets Putin to discuss crises in Syria and Ukraine Mr Putin is reportedly keen to hear Mrs Merkel's opinion of...

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Erdogan Seeks To Send Trump Stern Message On Syrian Kurds

By launching air strikes against Syrian Kurdish fighters and threatening more action, Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

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Turkey Threatens Further Strikes On US-Allied Syrian Kurds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday his government is 'seriously saddened' by television footage showing...

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Turkey, US Can Turn Raqa Into ‘graveyard’ For IS

Turkey and the United States can join forces to turn the Islamic State group's defacto capital of Raqa in Syria into a...

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Thousands In Turkish Police Force Suspended Over Alleged Gulen Links

Turkey on Wednesday detained more than 1,000 people and suspended over 9,100 police in a vast new crackdown against...

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Syria Kurds, Turks Clash In Wake of Deadly Air Raids

Fighting erupted on Wednesday along Syria's northeastern border between Turkish forces and Kurdish militiamen, as...

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Turkey Says US, Russia Informed of Strikes On Kurd Militia

Turkey informed the United States and Russia before launching strikes against Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq, the...

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Death Toll In Turkish Raids On Syria Kurds Hits 28

The toll in Turkish air raids on Kurdish positions in northeastern Syria rose to 28 killed, a monitor said Wednesday, a...

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Turkish Strikes Kill Kurdish Fighters In Syria, Iraq

Turkish warplanes killed more than 20 Kurdish fighters Tuesday in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key...

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Turkey Bombs Kurdish Forces In Northeast Syria

Turkish warplanes conducted a barrage of air strikes on Kurdish positions in northeast Syria early Tuesday, leaving...

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From Aspiring Stylist To Jihadist Widow

Islam Maytat thought marrying an Afghan-British businessman was her ticket to a new life as a fashionista in London....

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‘Yes’ and ‘No’ Voices of Divided Turkey Ahead of Poll

The 'Yes' and 'No' camps are increasingly polarised as the countdown starts for Turkey's key referendum Sunday on...

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After US Strikes, Syria Attack Victims Dream of Assad Ouster

Emerging dazed but well after three days of treatment in Turkey following the suspected chemical attack in Syria, Ahmad...

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US Strike In Syria Not Enough, Further Steps Needed

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday welcomed the US strike on an airbase of the Syrian regime but said it...

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Turkey Welcomes US Syria Strike, Urges No-Fly Zone

Turkey on Friday welcomed a US missile strike on a Syrian regime airbase in retaliation for a suspected chemical...

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Erdogan Has Command Responsibility For Aiding Terrorism

The infamy of the crimes against humanity carried out by Islamic State is legendary, but the still untold story is how...