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Turkish army incursion in Syria draws warnings of humanitarian catastrophe: report

Turkey stepped up its air and artillery strikes on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Friday, escalating an offensive that has drawn warnings of humanitarian catastrophe,...

European powers urge Turkey to cease Syria offensive

European powers on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have called on Turkey to cease its offensive against Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria, as the US...

UN Security Council to hold meeting on Turkey’s Syria incursion

The United Nations Security Council is set to meet Thursday to discuss the military operation in northeastern Syria that Turkey says is a "measured and responsible"...

Trump wanted to persuade Justice Dep’t to drop case of Iranian-Turkish gold trader: report

President Donald Trump pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who...

Erdoğan threatens Europe with refugees if they call Syria operation an ‘occupation’

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday Ankara would send the 3.6 million Syrian refugees in Turkey to Europe if European countries label the country’s military...

US senators reach bipartisan agreement on new sanctions against Turkey

US Senators Lindsey Graham and Chris Van Hollen on Wednesday announced that they have reached an agreement on new sanctions against Turkey after the...

Erdoğan tried to exchange Turkish generals in Germany for me, says Deniz Yücel

Deniz Yücel, a German-Turkish journalist who was jailed in Turkey from February 2017 to February 2018, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tried to barter Turkish generals...

European Union calls on Turkey to halt military operation in Syria

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday called on Turkey to show restraint and stop its military operation in northeast Syria, Reuters reported. “Turkey has security concerns...

Turkey condemns Italian town for giving honorary citizenship to PKK leader

Turkey on Tuesday condemned an honorary citizenship given to Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist group, by a district municipality...

Turkish military operation in northern Syria has begun, Erdoğan says

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Wednesday that Operation Peace Spring, a Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) military operation east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria,...

Twitter apologizes for letting ‘Die Trump’ hashtag trend in Turkey

Twitter apologized on Monday for letting a phrase that roughly translates as “Die Trump” to briefly trend in Turkey, The Washington Times reported. “Mahvolursun Trump” started trending...

Trump says Turkey must take over captured ISIL militants

US President Donald Trump has said Turkey must take over captured Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists, some of whom were refused entry...

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