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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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28Nov/15

UK protesters march against possible Syria strikes

November 28, 2015WarAmerican-led intervention in Syria, David Cameron, Decades, Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration, In Iraq, International military intervention against ISIL, International relations, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Jillian Kitchener, LINDSEY GERMAN, London, Malta, Military intervention against ISIL, Operation Inherent Resolve, Prime Minister, Responsibility to protect, Russia, Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

Thousands protest in London against the prospect of British air strikes in Syria after Prime Minister David Cameron calls for lawmakers to back military intervention against Islamic State. Jillian Kitchener reports. Continue reading →

26Nov/15

Britain’s Cameron says time to start bombing militants in Syria

November 26, 2015WarAfghanistan, American-led intervention in Iraq, American-led intervention in Syria, American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War, Bashar al-Assad, British MPs, Carlton Television, David Cameron, Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War, France, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Jeremy Corbyn, LABOUR, Leader, Libya, London, Military history by country, Moscow, Obama, Operation Inherent Resolve, Paris, Politics of Syria, president, Prime Minister, Syria, Syrian air, Syrian Civil War, Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, United Kingdom, War on Terrorsmbale

It is time for Britain to start air strikes on Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron tells the House of Commons. Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn fears lessons haven’t been learnt from previous Western intervention in the Middle East.

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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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30Sep/15

Syrian opposition head says Russia intervening to prolong Assad

September 30, 2015WarAl-Nusra Front, American-led intervention in Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Democratic Union Party, Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Free Syrian Army, Homs, Iraqi insurgency, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Khaled Khoja, National Coalition, New York, Operation Inherent Resolve, Politics of Syria, Russia, Syria, Syrian army, Syrian Civil War, Syrian opposition, Thomson Reuters Corp, Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, United Statessmbale

The head of the Syrian opposition, Khaled Khoja, says Russian airstrikes only killed civilians and are only in the country to support the Assad regime.

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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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