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Struggling to Starve ISIS of Oil Revenue, US Seeks Assistance From Turkey - New York Times Sat, 13 Sep 2014 23:24:56 GMT

Middle East Monitor

Struggling to Starve ISIS of Oil Revenue, US Seeks Assistance From Turkey New York Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is struggling to cut off the millions of dollars in oil revenue that has made the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria one of the wealthiest terror groups in history, but so far has been unable to persuade Turkey, the ... TURKEY'S ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST CRISISDaily Sabah Germany and Turkey will not take part in bombing ISISMiddle East Monitor CIA says ISIS has 30000 Fighters. Turkey, Germany Won't Join in USA-led ...Patheos (blog) www.worldbulletin.net -RT -Journal of Turkish Weekly all 715 news articles »

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49 reasons why Turkey doesn't want to fight the Islamic State - Washington Post (blog) Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:47:49 GMT

Aljazeera.com

49 reasons why Turkey doesn't want to fight the Islamic State Washington Post (blog) On Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry headed to Ankara, Turkey, to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and discuss possible cooperation to fight the Islamic State. So far, 10 states in the Middle East have declared a "shared commitment" to ... US lobbies Turkey over fight against ISAljazeera.com Kerry Urges Turkey to Join Fight Against JihadistsWall Street Journal Has Turkey woken up to Islamic State threat?BBC News Today's Zaman -Businessweek -DefenseNews.com all 2,407 news articles »

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TURKEY HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN FINISHING OFF ISIS, HOWEVER… - Daily Sabah Fri, 12 Sep 2014 22:43:21 GMT

TURKEY HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN FINISHING OFF ISIS, HOWEVER… Daily Sabah Turkey is one of the leading countries in the world to have suffered from terrorism. It has been the target of PKK terrorism for years, costing the country more than 40,000 lives and more than $150 billion (TL 331 billion) in damages and security spending. and more »

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AMANDA PAUL - Today's Zaman Sun, 14 Sep 2014 00:23:44 GMT

AMANDA PAUL Today's Zaman Despite the fact that the recent German Marshall Fund (GMF) Transatlantic Trends survey reveals that the number of Turks who think EU membership would be a good thing for Turkey has increased to 53 percent (up eight points from last year), today ... GÜVEN SAK > Growing discontent against Syrians in TurkeyHurriyet Daily News Turkey: back to the old anchors?Cihan News Agency all 3 news articles »

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Turkey will play important role in combating Islamic State, US officials say - Washington Post Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:39:40 GMT

Turkey will play important role in combating Islamic State, US officials say Washington Post ANKARA, TURKEY— Turkey will be an important part of the international military and diplomatic coalition fighting Islamic State militants, whether or not the Muslim nation on Syria's border makes public declarations of support or allows American ...

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Turkey refuses collaboration with US against IS - Middle East Eye Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:56:47 GMT

Turkey refuses collaboration with US against IS Middle East Eye Less than 24 hours after Turkey's decision not to sign up for the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) at the Jeddah conference on Thursday, US Secretary of State, John Kerry and Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were photographed ...

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Why Turkey Is Sitting Out the ISIS War - Daily Beast Fri, 12 Sep 2014 02:41:44 GMT

Why Turkey Is Sitting Out the ISIS War Daily Beast ISTANBUL, Turkey — A diplomatic crisis looms. Turkey, a key U.S. ally and the only NATO member that borders areas controlled by ISIS jihadists in Syria and Iraq, is in a prime location to hit the extremists next door. But it prefers not to. Instead ...

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Pope Francis to Visit Turkey in November - Wall Street Journal Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:34:44 GMT

Times of Oman

Pope Francis to Visit Turkey in November Wall Street Journal ROME— Pope Francis will go to Turkey at the end of November after the Holy See received an official invitation, the Vatican said Friday, as he increases the number of foreign trips in his 18-month-old papacy. "This morning the Holy See received a ... Vatican Confirms Pope to Visit Turkey in NovemberABC News Papal Trip to Turkey Confirmed for NovemberNational Catholic Register Pope Francis to visit Turkey in late NovemberTimes of Oman Reuters Blogs (blog) all 191 news articles »

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Turkey refuses US permission for combat missions against ISIS: official - The Daily Star Thu, 11 Sep 2014 11:40:49 GMT

The Daily Star

Turkey refuses US permission for combat missions against ISIS: official The Daily Star US Secretary of State John Kerry was to hold talks in Saudi Arabia on Thursday to drum up support from 10 key Arab nations and Turkey, after President Barack Obama announced Washington's new strategy against ISIS jihadists, which will include air ...

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Turkey Takes Back Promise to fight IS, Won't Allow Coalition to Use Air Bases - Breitbart News Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:34:00 GMT

Breitbart News

Turkey Takes Back Promise to fight IS, Won't Allow Coalition to Use Air Bases Breitbart News In spite of its promise to NATO to help fight the Islamic State, Turkey will not take part in combat operations against militants and will refuse to allow any US-led coalition to attack jihadists in neighboring Iraq and Syria from its air bases, a ...