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Aid for Syria waits on Turkish border as warring sides bicker ASIA

Aid for Syria waits on Turkish border as warring sides bicker

Two convoys of aid for the Syrian city of Aleppo were waiting in no-man's land on Wednesday after crossing the Turkish border, as disagreements between warring sides and security fears held up deliveries on the third day of a ceasefire.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syria warns Turkey against providing Aleppo aid without coordination ASIA

Syria warns Turkey against providing Aleppo aid without coordination

Syria's government on Tuesday warned that all aid going to the divided city of Aleppo, particularly assistance sent by Turkey, must be coordinated with Damascus and the United Nations.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Car bomb attack on Turkey ruling party wounds 48 ASIA

Car bomb attack on Turkey ruling party wounds 48

A car bomb exploded Monday outside the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in the eastern Turkish city of Van, wounding 48 people including two police officers ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey welcomes Russia-US Syria truce plan ASIA

Turkey welcomes Russia-US Syria truce plan

Turkey, which has sent dozens of tanks and hundreds of troops into Syria in an unprecedented incursion, on Saturday welcomed a deal between the United States and Russia for a ceasefire in its conflict-torn neighbour.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey detains prominent journalist in coup probe ASIA

Turkey detains prominent journalist in coup probe

Turkish police on Saturday detained a veteran journalist and his academic brother as part of the investigation into the failed July 15 coup, the latest prominent figures ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
EU seeks to soothe Turkey ties, but no breakthrough on visa deal INTERNATIONAL

EU seeks to soothe Turkey ties, but no breakthrough on visa deal

Two of the European Union's top officials sought to smooth fractious relations with Turkey on Friday, vowing deeper trade ties and continued cooperation on migration ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Post-coup purge: Turkey detains journalists, politician ASIA

Post-coup purge: Turkey detains journalists, politician

Turkish authorities detained journalists, a politician and a pollster on Wednesday and issued arrest warrants for another 105 people over suspected links to a US-based Islamic cleric blamed for a failed coup on July 15.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey ready to join US in capturing Syrian city from IS: Erdogan ASIA

Turkey ready to join US in capturing Syrian city from IS: Erdogan

US President Barack Obama floated the idea of joint action with Turkey to capture the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in remarks published on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Erdogan proposes Syria 'no-fly zone' to US, Russia ASIA

Erdogan proposes Syria 'no-fly zone' to US, Russia

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday he proposed, to the US and Russia, the setting up of a no-fly zone in northern Syria, after Ankara-backed fighters pushed the Islamic State group from the border area.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS loses last stretch of Syria-Turkey border ASIA

IS loses last stretch of Syria-Turkey border

Turkish forces and Syrian rebels expelled the Islamic State group from the last areas of the Syrian-Turkish border under their control on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey will never allow 'artificial state' in Syria: PM ASIA

Turkey will never allow 'artificial state' in Syria: PM

Turkey will never allow the formation of an "artificial state" in northern Syria, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday, referring to the U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters whose advance Ankara is now aiming to stop.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
More than 100 PKK militants killed or wounded in clashes ASIA

More than 100 PKK militants killed or wounded in clashes

More than 100 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants were either killed or wounded in clashes with Turkish security forces on Saturday, the military said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016