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Turkish PM Talks Syria With Obama at White House
(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but...
Turkey’s Erdogan Visits the U.S.: Four Problems That Won’t Be Solved
As domestic scandals clouded Washington, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived for a U.S. visit enveloped in his own fog. The Turkish premier has...
Turkey: 1 Killed, 24 Injured After Balloon Crashes
(ANKARA, Turkey) — An official says a hot air balloon has crashed in central Turkey, killing one person and injuring 24 others on board. Hasan Unver, the mayor...
Turkey’s Erdogan Visits the US: 4 Problems That Won’t Be Solved
Here are four geopolitical conundrums that underlie Turkey's relationship with Washington.
Syrian Troops Flush Out Rebels from Prison
(BEIRUT) — Syrian government troops on Thursday flushed out rebels who had stormed a prison compound in the northern city of Aleppo in a bid to free hundreds of...
18 Killed in Blasts Near Turkish-Syrian Border
(ANKARA, Turkey) — Two car bombs exploded in a Turkish town near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 22 others,...
Syria Denies Involvement in Turkey Car Bombs
(DAMASCUS, Syria) — Syria on Sunday rejected Turkey's allegations that it was behind two car bombs that killed 46 people in Turkey and wounded dozens more. ...
UN Rights Chief Alarmed over Syrian Troop Buildup
(BEIRUT) — The top U.N. human rights official expressed concern Friday that a Syrian troop buildup around a besieged, rebel-held town in western Syria could lead...
Kerry Pushes Turkey-Israel Rapprochement
(ISTANBUL) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Turkey to speed up and cement an American-brokered rapprochement with Israel, and he explored...
The Daily Worry: How I Learned to Live with Bombs in Turkey and Israel
TIME's Jerusalem bureau chief describes life under strict security regimes in Turkey and Israel--and how it quickly becomes normal. Are there lessons for the...
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Secretary of State John Kerry’s First Overseas Trip
Three weeks after succeeding Hillary Clinton as U.S. Secretary of State, the long-time Senator and 2004 Presidential candidate left on a ten-day inaugural trip...
LIFE in the Middle East: Photos From Syria in 1940
The ongoing chaos and violence that have come to define the Syrian civil war — a war that has now raged for close to two years, with no signs of abating — not...
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Turkey prime minister meets with Obama
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Turkey leader to press Obama for greater U. S. role on Syria
But Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has evidence of Syrian use of chemical arms. WASHINGTON -- President Obama faces a fresh test Thursday of his...
Turkey looks for international aid, and countries to host refugees, in Syrian crisis
YAYLADAGI, Turkey -- Facing one of the world's largest refugee crises in decades, Turkish officials are urgently appealing for international financial assistance and calling on...
