Middle East
Report: Religious Freedom Takes Hit In Post-Coup Turkey
Religious freedom has been curbed significantly under the state of emergency imposed in Turkey in the aftermath of the failed...
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Kurdistan Independence Referendum To Destabilize Region, Turkey Warns
As Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is finalizing its plans for an independence referendum in September, Turkey expressed its strongest objection...
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Turkey Introduces Neighborhood Watches In Istanbul Amid Controversy
In a new government project launched during the state of emergency, 386 neighborhood watches will begin on Monday to scout...
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Two US Troops Died, 5 Injured in Incident in Northern Iraq
The U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State announced on Sunday that two U.S. troops were killed and five others were...
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Turkey Detains 9 Journalists Over Use Of Encrypted Messaging App
The Turkish authorities on Thursday detained nine journalists in a new operation targeting 35 journalists over the alleged use of...
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Turkish FM Cavusoglu’s Spouse Robbed In Philippines
A group of men stole jewelry belonging to the spouse of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Hulya, at Manila airport...
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Trump Strategy to Exploit Afghan Deposits Rests on Faulty Foundation
President Donald J. Trump has reportedly been at odds with his military chiefs over the way forward in Afghanistan because...
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This T-Shirt Will Land You In Prison In Turkey
Turkey literally started imposing fashion rules. If you wear a T-shirt emblazoned with HERO, you will face a certain arrest....
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For Turks, Uniforms For Coup Suspects Evoke Images of Guantanamo
Though what the government designed for coup suspects to wear for trial hearings in court is not the feared orange...
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Iran Drone Flies Dangerously Close To US Jet In Gulf
An Iranian drone created a collision hazard for a U.S. fighter jet attempting to land on an aircraft carrier in...
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Al Qaeda, With It’s New Name, In Search Of New Base in Syria
Men –- mostly in black and wearing a beard -- are on guard pointing their guns at various targets. Some...
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Lebanon Intensifies War Against ISIS On Syrian Border
Lebanon has escalated its war against Sunni extremists in its troubled border region with Syria, launching a full-scale assault on...
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After ECtHR, Turkey’s Top Court Rejects To Review Purge Cases
In a decision that concerns more than 150,000 public servants who were dismissed by government decrees during the state of...
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Russia-backed Truce In Syria Violated By Skirmishes
Another Russian-sponsored initiative for a lasting ceasefire in western Syria, where rebels lost a lot of ground in recent years,...
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Saudi Arabia Faces Limits In Push Against Qatar, Iran
The Saudi spearheading of a coalition to form an Arab NATO along with the sudden change of Saudi Arabia’s line...
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Turkey Reshuffles Top Army Brass Amid Controversy
A botched coup on July 15, 2016, sent the Turkish military, once a formidable actor with a wide-range political sway,...
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Tension Escalates In Gulf As Iran Defies Trump’s Warning
Iran has said it would continue testing new missiles despite escalating tensions, drawing criticisms from Western nations that negotiated a...
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Israel Permits Al-Aqsa Prayer Except For Men Under 50
Despite incessant tensions for several weeks around the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, people have witnessed an unexpectedly quiet Friday...
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ISIS Attacks In Sinai May Further Boost US-Egypt Cooperation
Prior to 2011 and the events that transpired after the Arab Spring, the Sinai Peninsula was mainly known as an...
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Turkey’s Critical Journalists Face Trial On Terrorism Charges
In a public display of the disheartening state of media freedom in Turkey, journalists and staff from a secular opposition...
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