Huffington Post | Obama Is Letting Turkey Target The U.S.'s Best Bet Against ISIS Huffington Post Residents of Diyarbakir in Turkey's Kurd-dominated southeast run for cover from tear gas fired by security forces on Jan. 27. Amnesty International calls Turkey's treatment of civilians in the region "collective punishment." ... Erdogan feels the US left Turkey in the lurch with Syrian conflict Turkey has been put out in the cold by the US and Russia Turkey blasts UN calls to take in more migrants and threaten to send millions into the EU |
The Guardian | Nato launches naval patrols to return migrants to Turkey The Guardian Nato has sent a patrol of three warships to intercept migrants trying to reach Greece by sea and send them back to Turkey, as Europe steps up efforts to contain the refugee crisis. The mission has been agreed and ordered to the Aegean sea in less than ... Michael Fallon says our ships in the Med will take migrants BACK to Turkey NATO chief employs new measures against Russian threats toward Turkey Turkey, Greece seek NATO mission in Aegean, says German official |
PJ Media | Putin Threatening WWIII over Turkey PJ Media Where things may be going between Russia and Turkey, ancient enemies who have warred many times over the centuries, was evidenced this week, when the Kremlin announced large-scale surprise military exercises in the regions of the country that are ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Turkey 'seizes explosives' from Syrian border as Ankara hits back at demands to let in refugees Telegraph.co.uk At a news conference in The Hague, Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish prime minister, called the UN Security Council and the international community "two-faced" for telling Turkey to open its borders while not moving "a finger to solve the Syria crisis" or ... Turkey lashes out at demands to open border to Syrian refugees Turkey's border stays closed to Syrian refugees Turkey fires back at UN as refugees languish at border |
Breitbart News | Turkey Denies Report of Military Drill with Saudi Arabia Breitbart News Sources within the Turkish government claim Ankara has planned to hold a joint military drill with Saudi Arabia, a move that could chill diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia's regional rival, Iran. Turkey's state-run Anadolu News Agency is denying ... Powder Keg: Turkey Plans Joint War Games With Saudi Arabia Turkey, Saudi Arabia Planning Joint Military Drills |
CNN | Turkey's Syria strategy lies in ruins as rebel-held Aleppo teeters CNN Gönül Tol is the founding director of The Middle East Institute's Center for Turkish Studies. She also teaches at George Washington University's Institute for Middle East Studies and writes a weekly column for the liberal Turkish daily Radikal. She has ... Turkey threatens to unleash refugees on Europe Turkey cannot face the refugees crisis alone 30000 Stranded at Syria-Turkey Border as Aleppo Under Assault |
The Guardian | Alan Kurdi: two men in court in Turkey over death of Syrian toddler The Guardian Two suspected people smugglers charged with causing the death of five people, including the Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi, have gone on trial in Turkey. The picture of the three-year-old boy lying face down on a Turkish beach after the dinghy in which he ... Turkey tries 'people smugglers' over Syrian toddler's death Alan Kurdi: Two men face people-smuggling charges in Turkey Turkey tries father, smugglers over Syrian toddler's death |
ABC Online | Turkey ends two-month anti-PKK military operation in south-eastern Kurdish town ABC Online Authorities imposed a round-the-clock curfew on Cizre, near Turkey's frontiers with both Iraq and Syria, on December 14 in a bid to root out armed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants who had dug trenches and erected barricades. "The operations in ... Turkey ends military operations in Kurdish city of Cizire The info wars surrounding Turkey's besieged cities |
Telegraph.co.uk | Turkey threatens to open the gates and send refugees to Europe Telegraph.co.uk It came as Nato deployed a taskforce of battleships to the Greek coast to collect intelligence and, for the first time, return any stranded refugee vessels they intercept directly back Turkey. Royal Navy vessels could join the force, the Defence ... Turkey threatens Europe with millions of migrants Turkey orders EU to hand over MORE cash or it will unleash MILLIONS of migrants on Europe Erdoğan: Time could come when Turkey opens its border to Europe for refugees |
CNN | Turkish leader: US responsible for 'sea of blood' for supporting Syrian Kurds CNN It's done so with help from a U.S.-led coalition and despite the fact that Turkey labels it a terrorist group. That's because the YPG is the military arm of the Democratic Union Party (a.k.a. PYD), a large and well-organized Kurdish opposition party ... Turkey's Erdogan denounces US support for Syrian Kurds Turkey's Erdogan Slams US Over Support for Syrian Kurds Turkey's rising tension with Russia over Kurds puts Erdoğan in a corner |