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Turkey starts sending ISIL fighters home, deports US national: report

Turkey on Monday deported a US citizen who fought for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group as the government began a new...

Erdoğan guards attacked US security personnel in 2017, court documents show

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's planned visit to Washington this week is raising concerns about a repeat of violent protests from his 2017 trip as recent...

UN arms embargo on Libya violated by Turkey, Jordan, UAE: report

Jordan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have regularly violated the UN arms embargo imposed on Libya since 2011, according to a confidential report by UN...

US diplomat says Turkish-backed militia committed ‘war crimes and ethnic cleansing’ in Syria: report

A top American diplomat on the ground in northern Syria has criticized the administration of President Donald Trump for not trying harder to prevent Turkey’s military...

Turkish military vehicle on patrol with Russians kills Syrian protestor: report

A Syrian protester was killed when he was run over by a Turkish military vehicle during a joint Turkish-Russian patrol in northeastern Syria on Friday, The...

Get tough with Turkey or face ISIL fighters from Syria, warns Kurdish leader

The European Union could face a wave of returning battle-hardened Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters from Syria unless it gets much tougher...

Ankara accuses Greeks of ‘inhumane practices’ against Turks

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hami Aksoy has accused Greece of “inhumane practices” against Turkish minorities and of “taking sides” with “hostile circles against Turkey,” the Greek...

Turkey to begin repatriating ISIL terrorists next week: report

Ankara has said that on Monday it will begin returning captured militants from the terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group to their...

Germany has received 1,252 Interpol notices since 2016 at Turkey’s request

Interpol has issued 1,252 blue and red notices to the German Interpol office at Ankara’s request since a failed coup in Turkey in July 2016, Deutsche...

Washington calls ‘credible’ reports Turkey misused US-supplied weapons in Syria incursion

The US is investigating whether Turkey violated agreements with Washington about the use of US-provided weapons and equipment, including whether Ankara improperly transferred US-supplied weapons to its...

EU to pay Turkey 50 mln euros to bolster coast guard’s migrant operations: report

The European Union is preparing to pay Turkey tens of millions to help bolster its coast guard, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as increasing numbers...

Erdoğan says dead ISIL leader’s ‘inner circle’ trying to enter Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday that members of slain Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's "inner circle"...

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