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Trump to order Pentagon to set up ‘safe zones’ for refugees in Syria

US President Donald Trump is expected to order the Pentagon and the State Department in the coming days to craft a plan for setting...

Kidnapped Turkish school students, staff in Nigeria rescued

Five students and three staff members from a Nigerian-Turkish school in Ogun State have been rescued, police said Tuesday. A hostel manager, a cook, a...

Syrian Kurdish YPG disowns outcome of Astana talks

Syrian Kurdish militia the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), said on Monday that it would...

Astana talks begin for another attempt to end 6-year-long war in Syria

The warring sides in Syria's six-year-old civil war met for talks in Kazakhstan's capital of Astana on Monday after the leaders of Russia, Turkey...

[VIDEO][UPDATE] Turkish cargo jet crashes in Kyrgyz village, killing 37

A Turkish cargo jet belonging to ACT Airlines crashed near Kyrgyzstan's Manas airport on Monday, killing 37 people most of whom were residents of...

[VIDEO] Int’l cartoonist Latuff says Turkey must stop wasting time investigating cartoons

International cartoonist Carlos Latuff said in a video message on Friday in solidarity with the Turkey publisher of his cartoons, Murat Mıhçıoğlu, who was...

Canadian-Turkish national under custody in Turkey for insulting Erdoğan

Ece Heper, a 50-year-old Canadian-Turkish national, has joined the ranks of those who are being punished for "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Arriving in Turkey...

Outgoing US President Obama offers Erdoğan condolences for nightclub attack

US President Barack Obama, who is going to leave office on Jan. 20, spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by telephone to offer...

Another soldier dies, bringing total loss to 42 in operations against ISIL

A soldier died in an attack carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria’s al-Bab region on Thursday,...

Monitoring group says clashes violated Syria cease-fire soon after it started

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said clashes between rebels and Syrian government forces took place less than two hours after...

Syria cease-fire brokered by Turkey, Russia takes effect

A nationwide cease-fire in Syria, brokered by Russia and Turkey, took effect at midnight on Thursday local time. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

Iranian president slams judiciary for failing to reveal businessman Zanjani’s connections

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday criticized the judiciary for not revealing the local and international connections of Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani, whose death...

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