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  Istanbul summit urges int’l force to protect Palestinians

  Agence France-Presse . Istanbul | Updated at 12:19am on May 20, 2018

  A summit in Istanbul of Muslim heads of state on Friday called for the creation of an international peacekeeping force to protect the Palestinians, as...

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  US accuses Russia, Syria of tampering with Douma evidence, Moscow denies

  Reuters . Damascus/The Hague | Updated at 12:05am on April 17, 2018

  The United States accused Russia on Monday of blocking international inspectors from reaching the site of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria and said...

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  Turkey-led forces comb Syria’s Afrin after ousting Kurds

  Agence France-Presse . Afrin | Updated at 09:31pm on March 19, 2018

  Turkish-led forces secured the city of Afrin on Monday after a deadly two-month assault that dealt the Kurds a major blow and could reshape the...

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  All 8 passengers killed as private Turkish plane crashes in Iran

  Reuters . Istanbul | Updated at 01:25am on March 12, 2018

  All eight passengers were killed on Sunday when a private plane belonging to Turkish firm Basaran Holding crashed in Iran...

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  Seven Turkish soldiers die in Syria, including five in tank attack

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 10:25am on February 04, 2018

  Seven Turkish soldiers were killed Saturday in Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia inside Syria, including five who died in a single attack on a tank,...

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  Syria offensive: Turkey warns US over Kurdish militia group

  BBC | Updated at 11:21am on January 23, 2018

  Turkey has urged the US to stop backing the Kurdish YPG in Syria, as it steps up an offensive against the militia...

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  Airstrikes pound Syria's Afrin as Turkey launches ‘Operation Olive Branch’

  Reuters | Updated at 09:25am on January 21, 2018

  Turkey opened a new front in Syria's nearly seven-year-old war on Saturday, launching airstrikes against a US-backed Kurdish militia in Afrin province that raise the...

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  Tillerson says US has no intention to build border force in Syria

  Reuters | Updated at 10:55am on January 18, 2018

  US secretary of state Rex Tillerson on Wednesday denied that the United States had any intention to build a Syria-Turkey border force, saying the issue,...

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  Creating an elite to lead the state

  | Updated at 12:05am on December 31, 2017

  SEVENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD Fethullah Gulen became an imam at the young age of 18 and built a large following as an itinerant preacher in the 1980s...

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  Turkey’s looming crisis

  by Conn Hallinan | Updated at 12:05am on December 27, 2017

  Viewed one way, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks unassailable: He weathered last year’s coup attempt, jailed more than 50,000 opponents, fired more than 1,00,000...