Senate Panel Passes Bill To Impose Sanctions On Turkey; Delays Vote On Tough Russia Measures
A U.S. Senate committee has passed legislation with bipartisan support to hit Turkey with sanctions but refrained from voting on a controversial Russian sanctions bill.
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ISIS rebuilds in Syria after Turkish incursion and U.S. drawdown, Pentagon watchdog says
The Islamic State militant group used the drawdown of U.S. troops from Syria and the Turkish incursion to regroup and strengthen its abilities to plan terror attacks abroad — and will likely rebound from the death of leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a new internal report from the Defense Department’s watchdog says.
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Erdogan claims he will protect Christians in the Middle East
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed he will work to protect religious minorities in the Middle East, despite past persecution of Christians in the region.
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Trump to address Kurds, Turkey’s Russian closeness with Erdogan at White House meeting
President Trump intends to confront Turkey’s president bluntly Wednesday about Ankara’s increasing coziness with Russia, and he will reject Turkish demands for the U.S. to stop cooperating with Kurdish forces in Syria, senior administration officials said Tuesday.
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Erdogan to meet Trump in Washington next week as tensions flare
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to the United States next week to meet US President Donald Trump, the Turkish presidency said Wednesday, amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
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Erdogan: Turkey arrested slain ISIS leader Baghdadi’s wife, other relatives
Turkey’s president on Wednesday announced the country’s forces had captured multiple relatives of slain ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, including one of the terrorist’s wives — but he also used the occasion to needle the United States for making ‘a fuss’ about the mission that resulted in the most-wanted militant’s death.
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