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19Aug/17

Eclipse fever in full swing across the United States

August 19, 2017EnvironmentAmerican Eclipse, Crook County Oregon, Decades, Environment, In Africa, In Georgia, In Ghana, In Libya, In Russia, In Turkey, Local government in the United States, Oregon, PRINEVILLE, Prineville Oregon, Solar eclipse, Solar eclipse of August 21, Solar eclipse of July 22, Solar eclipse of March 29, United States, Units of timesmbale

PRINEVILLE, OREGON, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 18, 2017) (NBC) – People across the United States are making final preparations ahead of next week’s total solar eclipse. Continue reading →

19Dec/16

envoy Andrei Karlov

Journalist describes shooting of Russian ambassador

December 19, 2016PoliticsAllahu Akbar, ambassador, Andrei Karlov, Ankara, Assassination of Andrei Karlov, Bahar Bakir, Country: Turkey, Decades, Foreign relations of Russia, Human Interest, In Turkey, Politics, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Takbir, Turkeysmbale

A journalist describes the moment when a gunman in an Ankara art gallery shot dead the Russian ambassador to Turkey.

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02Dec/15

Erdogan says no one can “slander” Turkey over Islamic State oil claims

December 2, 2015WarAnkara, Doha, Erdoğan, Government, Government of Turkey, In Turkey, Iraq, Kurdish–Turkish conflict, Military of Turkey, Moscow, National Intelligence Organization, Paris, Qatar, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Russia, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil Warsmbale

No one can ‘slander’ Turkey by accusing it of buying oil from Islamic State, says Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan, adding that he would resign if such allegations are proven to be true.
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29Nov/15

Highlights of world events from October and November 2015

November 29, 2015WorldAfghanistan, Ankara, Aung San Suu Kyi, Beirut, Contemporary history, Croatia, Decades, Egypt, el-Sheikh, France, François Hollande, Germany, Hungary, In Iraq, In Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Jerusalem, Konstantin Murakhtin, KUNDUZ, Kurdish separatism in Turkey, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Mali, Massoud Barzani, Médecins Sans Frontières, Moscow, Myanmar, Organizations designated as terrorist by Canada, Paris, Persecution of Yazidis by ISIL, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sinjar, Slovenia, St. Petersburg, Syrian Civil War, Tayyip Erdogan, The Airbus, Turkey, Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, United States, Victor Ponta, Washingtonsmbale

World events during October and November include a disaster at a Romanian nightclub which saw tens of thousands protest on the streets, simultaneous attacks at several locations in Paris and the re-taking of the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State.
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24Nov/15

Turkey shoots down Russian warplane

November 24, 2015WarAbdullah, Belligerents in the Syrian Civil War, In Turkey, Jillian Kitchener, Jordan, Moscow, president, Russia, Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown, Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, Sukhoi Su-24, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Syrian Turkmen Brigades, Syrian–Turkish border clashes, Syrian–Turkish border clashes during the Syrian Civil War, Turkey, Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Vladimir Putinsmbale

Russia’s president Vladimir Putin says the downing of a Russian warplane near the Syrian border is a “stab in the back carried out by the accomplices of terrorists”. Turkey says it had warned the aircraft repeatedly that it was violating Turkish air space although Moscow says the plane was flying over Syria. Jillian Kitchener reports.

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11Oct/15

Twin blasts kill scores in Turkish capital Ankara

October 11, 2015WorldAhmet Davutoğlu, Ankara, Decades, Foreign relations of Turkey, In Turkey, New York Times, NEXT MEDIA, Politics of Turkey, Turkeysmbale

Turkey (Next Media) – At least 95 people were killed after two blasts targeted a rally of peace activists in Ankara on Saturday.
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23Mar/15

Nine UK medical students enter Syria to work in ISIS hospitals

March 23, 2015WarAsia, Countries, Decades, Education, In Turkey, Istanbul, Khartoum, Member states of the Arab League, Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Member states of the United Nations, Middle Eastern countries, NEXT MEDIA, Politics, Sudan, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tel Abyad, Tell Abyad, Turkey, Turkish Airlines, Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, United Kingdom, Western Asiasmbale

(Next Media Online) – Concern is growing over the fate of nine UK medical students who are believed to have travelled to Syria, where they are said to be working in hospitals in territory controlled by the Islamic State.
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22Feb/15

Turkish army active on Syria border after it evacuates troops guarding mausoleum

February 22, 2015WarAhmet Davutoğlu, Ankara, Asia, Decades, DOGAN NEWS AGENCY, Esmesi, Ethnic groups in Syria, Fertile Crescent, In Turkey, Kobani, Kurdish people, Kurdish–Turkish conflict, Levant, Middle East, MURSITPINAR, Operation Shah Euphrates, Ottoman dynasty, Politics, Suleyman Shah, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Syrian uprising, Syrian–Turkish border clashes during the Syrian Civil War, Tomb of Suleyman Shah, Turkey, Turkish Army, War/Conflictsmbale

Turkish military vehicles are seen on the move in a town on the border with Syria as Ankara announces a successful mission to evacuate Turkish soldiers guarding a mausoleum in Syria.

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