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Turkey adds exiled Palestinian strongman Dahlan to most-wanted terrorist list
Dec 14, 2019 10:01Turkey has placed exiled former strongman of Palestinian Fatah party Mohammed Dahlan on its most-wanted terrorist list, offering a $1.7m reward for information on his whereabouts.
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Turkey summons US ambassador over Senate resolution recognizing 'Armenia genocide'
Dec 14, 2019 07:50Turkey's Foreign Ministry has summoned the US ambassador to Ankara over a resolution adopted by the US Senate recognizing the early 20th century mass killings of Armenians as "genocide."
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Russia condemns US pressure on Turkey over S-400 missile systems procurement
Dec 13, 2019 07:44Russia has strongly condemned US pressure on Turkey over its purchase of advanced Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems, describing Washington’s threats of sanctions over procurement of the military hardware as “unacceptable.”
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Turkey FM says may tell US to withdraw from Incirlik
Dec 12, 2019 07:41Turkey has threatened the United States with requesting its withdrawal from Incirlik Air Base if Washington imposes sanctions on Ankara over purchase of S400 missile defense systems from Russia.
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US Senate committee approves Turkey sanctions bill
Dec 12, 2019 07:33The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved legislation to impose sanctions on Turkey over its offensive against Syria as well as its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile system.
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Giving up on S-400 missile systems out of question: Turkish defense minister
Dec 11, 2019 14:53Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar says his country will not back out of the procurement of the advanced Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems, and is currently in contact with its NATO allies, particularly the United States, to work out a solution to the matter.
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Iran, Russia, Turkey call for restoration of peace to Syria’s Idlib
Dec 11, 2019 14:27The three mediators of the Astana peace process on Syria — Russia, Turkey and Iran — have expressed their concerns about the presence of Takfiri terrorist groups in Idlib, underlining the need for the restoration of peace to the northwestern Syrian province, which is the last main militant bastion in the Arab state.
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Bogged down near Tripoli, Haftar’s militia now seek to take on Turkey, too
Dec 11, 2019 08:31A commander with Libyan militia groups headed by renegade general Khalifa Haftar says he has “orders” to destroy any Turkish vessel near war-torn Libya, hours after Turkey and the internationally-recognized government of Libya began implementing agreements on maritime boundaries and military cooperation.
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Turkey to settle one million Syrian refugees in NE Syria
Dec 11, 2019 07:15Two months after launching a cross-border military operation into northeastern Syria, Turkey says it is planning to settle one million Syrian refugees in the area which it cleared of Kurdish forces.
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Lawyers for Gaza-bound flotilla raid victims to appeal ICC decision
Dec 06, 2019 07:21Families of those martyred by Israeli forces aboard an aid flotilla heading for the besieged Gaza Strip in 2010 will appeal the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s decision not to press charges against Tel Aviv.