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TURKISH TROOPS ENTER AFRIN REGION IN NORTHERN SYRIA
Turkish ground forces and rebel allies have advanced into northern Syria in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's campaign to crush Kurdish fighters... READ MORE›
TURKEY EXPECTS SWIFT CAMPAIGN AGAINST U.S.-BACKED KURDS IN SYRIA
Turkish soldiers stand on tanks in a village on the Turkish-Syrian border in Gaziantep province, Turkey January 22, 2018... READ MORE›
TURKEY'S MOVES AGAINST KURDS IN SYRIA GIVE PUTIN A NEW HEADACHE
Turkey's actions will add, however, to Putin's sense of events going awry in Syria... READ MORE›
'TERRIFYING': HOW A SINGLE LINE OF COMPUTER CODE PUT THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT TURKS IN JAIL
Clearing names Akif Demir, a self-described conservative nationalist, wished the worst on people accused of using Bylock and being associated with the Gulenists... READ MORE›
TURKEY SAYS IT WON'T EXTRADITE ANY SUSPECTS TO U.S. UNTIL IT GETS FETHULLAH GULEN
Turkey is not a country that will be tripped up by the United States' inconsistent policies in the region, Erdogan said... READ MORE›
TURKEY SAYS CAMPAIGN AGAINST KURDISH YPG IN AFRIN WILL BE SWIFT
A Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighter is seen in a village on the Turkish-Syrian border in Gaziantep province, Turkey January 22, 2018... READ MORE›
18 CIVILIANS KILLED BY TURKISH AIRSTRIKES AND SHELLING IN SYRIA'S AFRIN
At least 18 civilians have been killed in the Turkish military campaign against Syria's Kurdish-held Afrin enclave in northern Syria, a monitor group reported Sunday... READ MORE›
TURKEY FIRES BARRAGE OF MISSILES ON KURDISH-HELD TARGETS IN SYRIA (VIDEO)
The US has urged Turkey, its NATO ally, to ensure its military operations remain limited in duration and scope, in order to avoid civilian casualties... READ MORE›
TURKEY SEES BETRAYAL AS US BACKS SYRIAN KURDS
Led and endured with huge losses by US-backed Syrian Kurds... READ MORE›
TURKEY BEGINS GROUND ASSAULT ON KURDISH ENCLAVE IN SYRIA
Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has vowed to eliminate terrorist nests in the Kurdish enclave, but on Sunday he promised that the operation would be swift... READ MORE›
'US BROKEN PROMISES TO STOP ARMING KURDS TRIGGERED AFRIN OP' - TURKEY'S EX-FM TO RT
Washington's announcement to create a predominantly Kurdish thousand-strong border force in Syria was the final straw Landis said... READ MORE›
TURKISH TROOPS ATTACK KURDISH ENCLAVE IN NORTHERN SYRIA
Turkey has prepared around 10,000 Syrian fighters to storm Afrin, according Rami Abdurrahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group... READ MORE›
TURKISH TROOPS ATTACK KURDISH ENCLAVE IN NORTHERN SYRIA
Turkey has prepared around 10,000 Syrian fighters to storm Afrin, according Rami Abdurrahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group... READ MORE›
TURKISH JETS BOMBARD SYRIAN CITY OF AFRIN AS ANKARA VOWS GROUND OPERATIONS INTO KURDISH-HELD ENCLAVE
Turkish jets bombed the Kurdish-controlled city of Afrin in northern Syria on Saturday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to expand Turkey's milit... READ MORE›
FREE SYRIAN ARMY LAUNCHES GROUND OPERATION IN AFRIN
Syrian Kurdish YPG confirms the report, saying two villages in Afrin near the Turkish border were targeted... READ MORE›
TURKEY STEPS UP ATTACK ON KURDISH-HELD REGION OF SYRIA
The warplanes attacked Afrin shortly before sunset, Turkish media reported... READ MORE›
ELEVEN KILLED, DOZENS INJURED IN TURKEY BUS CRASH
A bus crash in central Turkey has left 11 people dead and at least 44 others injured, according to authorities... READ MORE›
TURKISH PLANES BOMB SYRIAN KURDISH TARGETS AS ANKARA-BACKED REBELS ENTER AFRIN
It comes after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier on Saturday that Ankara had de facto begun its operation against Kurdish forces in Afrin... READ MORE›
TURKEY DEPLOYS THOUSANDS OF FSA REBELS AT SYRIA BORDER
According to estimates, there are between 8,000 to 10,000 Kurdish fighters in the Afrin area of Syria... READ MORE›
ELEVEN KILLED IN TURKEY BUS CRASH
The bus was travelling overnight from the capital, Ankara, to the Uludag resort near the city of Bursa... READ MORE›
RUSSIA 'MOVING' MILITARY OBSERVERS IN SYRIA'S AFRIN
In 2016, Turkey began a military campaign called the Euphrates Shield Operation, which targeted ISIL and the YPG... READ MORE›
TURKEY LAUNCHES ATTACK ON KURDISH-HELD REGION OF SYRIA
Turkish artillery fired into Syria's Afrin region on Friday in what Ankara said was the start of a military campaign against the Kurdish-controlled area... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP IS DESTROYING THE UNITED STATES' STANDING IN THE WORLD -- AND THE DICTATORS COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
Indeed, in a recently released Gallup survey of 134 countries, the world now prefers China as a global leader to the United States... READ MORE›
DECAPITATED, BLOODSTAINED DOLL LEFT AT AMSTERDAM MOSQUE
The Emir Sultan Mosque serves a predominately Turkish community in the north of Amsterdam... READ MORE›
THE U.S. BACKPEDALS ON NEW KURDISH FORCE AS TURKEY PREPARES FOR WAR
The Afrin crisis shows how difficult it is for U.S. policymakers to walk and chew gum when it comes to Syria, he said... READ MORE›
TURKEY SAYS IT COULD ACT IN SYRIA UNLESS U.S. WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FOR KURDISH FORCE
Turkey's National Security Council said earlier on Wednesday Turkey would not allow the formation of a terrorist army along its borders... READ MORE›
SYRIA KURDISH PARTY APPEALS TO WORLD AGAINST TURKISH THREATS
BEIRUT AP -- Syria's dominant Kurdish party is appealing on the international community to help ensure the security of a Syrian Kurdish enclave threatened by Turkey... READ MORE›
WHY TURKEY IS POISED TO ATTACK KURDISH ENCLAVE AFRIN
Many believe that the US decision to form a mainly Kurdish border security force actually drove Turkey to bring its Afrin operation forward... READ MORE›
TURKEY VOWS TO 'DROWN' U.S.-BACKED KURDISH FORCE IN SYRIA
Rising tension with U.S. Turkey sent troops into Syria in 2016 to prevent Syrian Kurdish fighters from forming a contiguous entity along its border... READ MORE›
TURKEY VOWS IMMINENT STRIKE ON KURDISH ENCLAVE IN SYRIA
Afrin is controlled by a Syrian Kurdish militia known as the YPG... READ MORE›
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MUSLIM LEADERS REJECT TRUMP'S DECISION ON JERUSALEM
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC has rejected the United States' decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the group's secretary general announced... READ MORE›
U.N. RESOUNDINGLY REJECTS U.S. DECISION ON JERUSALEM IN POINTED REBUKE
The Trump administration leaned heavily on countries to help swing votes on a resolution condemning the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital... READ MORE›
TURKEY WARNS CITIZENS AGAINST US TRAVEL OVER SECURITY
Separately, Turkey summoned senior US diplomat Philip Kosnett to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara on Thursday over Washington's support for Syrian Kurdish fighters... READ MORE›
U.N. MOVES TO VOTE AGAINST TRUMP ON JERUSALEM DECISION DESPITE HIS THREAT OF U.S. AID CUTOFF
U.N. moves to vote against Trump on Jerusalem decision despite his threat of U.S. aid cutoff... READ MORE›
PUTIN, ERDOGAN WARN US MOVE RISKS ESCALATING TENSIONS
Russian leader ends whirlwind regional tour in Turkey, criticising Trump's decision to call Jerusalem Israel's capital... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN SLAMS UAE OVER FM'S ANTI-TURKISH RETWEET
It was Fahreddin Pasha who bravely defended Medina against the British plans then, he wrote... READ MORE›
CAN MUSLIM LEADERS ALTER TRUMP'S JERUSALEM DECISION?
MORE FROM AL JAZEERA Turkish president calls Jerusalem a 'red line' as he hosts an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit in Istanbul... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN: US JERUSALEM MOVE PUTS REGION IN RING OF FIRE
I have determined that it is time to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, he said in a speech in Washington... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN TELLS TRUMP DECLARING JERUSALEM ISRAEL'S CAPITAL IS 'RED LINE' FOR MUSLIMS
Turkey president Erdogan tells Trump declaring Jerusalem Israel's capital is a 'red line' for Muslims... READ MORE›
PLANE DANGLES OFF CLIFF AFTER SKIDDING OFF RUNWAY IN TURKEY
Flights were suspended at Trabzon Airport for several hours after the incident before resuming again Sunday... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP EXPECTED TO RECOGNISE CITY AS ISRAEL'S CAPITAL IN HOURS AS PALESTINIANS BURN IMAGES OF US PRESIDENT
Jerusalem - live updates Donald Trump expected to recognise city as Israel's capital in hours as Palestinians burn images of US President... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN: TURKEY 'TIRED' OF EU MEMBERSHIP PROCESS
Turkey applied for membership in the European Economic Community, a precursor to the EU, in 1987... READ MORE›
US VETOES UN RESOLUTION ON WITHDRAWING TRUMP'S JERUSALEM DECISION (WATCH LIVE)
US vetoes UN resolution on withdrawing Trump's Jerusalem decision WATCH LIVE -- RT US News... READ MORE›
ROHINGYA CRISIS BRINGS TURKEY AND BANGLADESH CLOSER
Turkey and Bangladesh, once at odds, are cooperating to bring aid to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees... READ MORE›
TURKEY 'TO SEEK UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE' ON JERUSALEM
Turkey is concentrating efforts on passing a resolution at the UN General Assembly against the US decision to recognise occupied Jerusalem as Israel's capital... READ MORE›
HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST YEAR CHANGED THE MIDDLE EAST
It marked Iran's resurgence, and, in turn, the failure of American foreign policy... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN PLEDGES TO BOOST TURKEY-TUNISIA TRADE TIES
The Turkish president met his Tunisian counterpart, Beji Caid Essebsi, at Carthage presidential palace in the capital Tunis on Wednesday morning... READ MORE›
TURKEY SUMMONS UAE ENVOY AFTER OTTOMAN INSULT RETWEET
Row over UAE foreign minister retweet insulting Ottoman governor of Medina escalates with Turkey summoning UAE envoy... READ MORE›
PANIC AS JET SKIDS OFF TURKISH RUNWAY
In a statement Pegasus Airlines said the plane had a runway excursion incident as it landed at Trabzon... READ MORE›
PLANE SKIDS OFF RUNWAY IN TURKEY TEETERING ON WATERS EDGE
No one was injured, officials said, after the Pegasus Airlines flight had a runway excursion incident and its nose ended up feet from the Black Sea... READ MORE›
MACRON: NO CHANCE OF TURKEY JOINING EU
At a joint news conference in Paris, Mr Macron said there were differences over human rights since Turkey's purges following a failed coup in 2016... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | PUTIN IS OUTPLAYING TRUMP IN THE MIDDLE EAST
In Cairo, Putin announced the imminent resumption of direct Russian commercial flights to the country for the first time since a plane bombing there in 2015... READ MORE›
TRUMP PHONES ARAB LEADERS OVER PLAN TO MOVE U.S. EMBASSY IN ISRAEL TO JERUSALEM
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has cautioned Trump about the hazards of moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem... READ MORE›
TURKEY BRAIN DRAIN: CRACKDOWN PUSHES INTELLECTUALS OUT
Bulent Somay is one of 1,128 academics who signed a petition in 2016 calling on Turkey's government to cease armed conflict with Kurdish militants... READ MORE›
RECORD HIGH 262 JOURNALISTS IMPRISONED IN 2017: CPJ
A total of 262 reporters jailed in 2017 as media crackdown continues, Committee to Protect Journalists finds... READ MORE›
BREXIT DEAL COULD BE MODEL FOR EU-TURKEY TIES
Britain voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, becoming the first country to seek a divorce from the bloc, which includes Germany but not Turkey... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN TO VISIT FRANCE IN HOPES OF REKINDLING RELATIONSHIP WITH EUROPE
Hosting Erdogan forces Macron, who has attempted to boost France's standing on the European and world stages, to again walk a diplomatic tightrope... READ MORE›
TURKEY SACKS 2,766 CIVIL SERVANTS OVER 'TERROR' LINKS
Turkey has arrested or sacked tens of thousands of people from state institutions after a failed coup attempt in July 2016... READ MORE›
AS GUNS FALL SILENT, RUSSIA TO SHAPE SYRIA'S POLITICAL ENDGAME
Many analysts predict that the upcoming year will witness a phased end to the Syrian conflict -- at least, militarily... READ MORE›
GREECE MOVES TO CANCEL TURKISH SOLDIER'S ASYLUM
The eight soldiers fled Turkey in a military helicopter and landed in the Greek northeast town of Alexandroupolis during the failed coup on July 15, 2016... READ MORE›