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With ISIS At Its Border, Turkey Can't Decide What To Do - NPR Sat, 11 Oct 2014 16:22:38 GMT

NPR

With ISIS At Its Border, Turkey Can't Decide What To Do NPR In one crowded café, a Kurdish NGO worker says the protests that rocked Turkey this week over the government's refusal to intervene alarmed Turks and Kurds alike. They re-awakened old fears from the bloody days before Turkey embarked on a peace ... Turkey Agrees to Train Syrian Opposition on Home Soil to Fight Islamic StateWall Street Journal Beleaguered at home, Turkey loses friends abroad as Isis threat growsThe Guardian US is complicit as it blames Turkey for the catastrophe in KobaneWashington Post Fox News -Jerusalem Post all 9,895 news articles »

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US says Turkey will train moderate Syrian rebels but presses for details - The Guardian Sat, 11 Oct 2014 17:43:43 GMT

The Guardian

US says Turkey will train moderate Syrian rebels but presses for details The Guardian The US defence secretary, Chuck Hagel, said the US wanted to know how far Turkey was willing to go in helping train and equip moderate opposition fighters whose ultimate goal is to topple Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, including whether it will ...

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Negotiation time: Why are US and Turkey sparring over ISIS? - CNN Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:43:15 GMT

Negotiation time: Why are US and Turkey sparring over ISIS? CNN ISIS is fighting to take the Syrian town of Kobani, a predominantly Kurdish town just steps from Turkey. In recent days, the United States has ramped up its airstrikes in the area, but without combat boots on the ground -- something the Obama ...

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Turkey Sits Out Battle in Syrian Border City - Wall Street Journal Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:36:05 GMT

Turkey Sits Out Battle in Syrian Border City Wall Street Journal Turkey's unwillingness to intervene in the battle over a predominantly Kurdish Syrian city on its border has earned the country harsh criticism from Washington, exposing a dangerous rift over how the two allies want to tackle Islamic State's rise ...

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Turkey's Dangerous Bet on Syria - New York Times Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:02:06 GMT

Turkey's Dangerous Bet on Syria New York Times WASHINGTON — With the Islamic State just miles from its border, Turkey is now facing its most severe security challenge in decades. In response, the Turkish government is seeking to accomplish the impossible; Ankara wants to fight the Islamic State ...

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Why Syria's disaster threatens a war in Turkey - The Guardian Fri, 10 Oct 2014 21:40:12 GMT

The Guardian

Why Syria's disaster threatens a war in Turkey The Guardian Turkey feels as if it's reliving an old nightmare. Each morning television presenters and newspaper headlines glumly round up news from the Islamic State (Isis) siege of the Syrian Kurdish town Kobani, and its spillover into Turkey. three Riots, tear ...

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Cyprus, Turkey Braced For New Fight Over Gas Reserves - Wall Street Journal Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:20:24 GMT

Voice of America

Cyprus, Turkey Braced For New Fight Over Gas Reserves Wall Street Journal ATHENS—Renewed tensions between Cyprus and Turkey over potential natural-gas deposits in the eastern Mediterranean risks becoming a new bone of contention in the region. A decision by Ankara this month to send a research vessel and two navy ships ... Turkey Expects Cyprus to Swiftly Resume Peace TalksVoice of America Turkey condemns Greek Cyprus' suspension of peace talksDaily Sabah UN Envoy Urges Restraint in Cyprus-Turkey Gas RowABC News all 179 news articles »

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US frustration rises as Turkey withholds military help from besieged Kobane - Washington Post Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:43:06 GMT

US frustration rises as Turkey withholds military help from besieged Kobane Washington Post “It is not realistic to expect Turkey to conduct a ground operation on its own,” Cavusoglu told a joint news conference in Ankara with visiting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “We are holding talks. . . . Once there is a common decision ...

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Kobani is Falling to ISIS in Syria. Kurd Protests Explode in Turkey. - Daily Beast Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:07:04 GMT

Daily Beast

Kobani is Falling to ISIS in Syria. Kurd Protests Explode in Turkey. Daily Beast Kurdish protestors clashing with Turkish riot police in towns across southeastern Turkey and ultranationalists taking to the streets, too, flashing the symbol of the Grey Wolves, a violent far-right group that was responsible for more than 700 murders ...

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Time to Kick Turkey Out of NATO - Politico Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:14:29 GMT

Politico

Time to Kick Turkey Out of NATO Politico Turkey's stock as a Western ally is plummeting. Ankara stubbornly resists joining the coalition unless it broadens its fight to topple Syria's Bashar al-Assad. Turkey's 200 or more F-16 fighter jets sit idle as the Islamic State makes alarming gains ...