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'No satisfactory plan' with US on Syria safe zone, says Erdogan
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Feb 6 (ANI): Weeks after United States President Donald Trump suggested the creation of a "safe zone" in northeastern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that no acceptable plan has been tabled for the same.
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Trump did not consult top US general on withdrawal of troops from Syria
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 6 (ANI): The commander of the United States Central Command, who monitors military operations in the Middle East, on Tuesday, divulged that he "was not consulted" before US President Donald Trump's December announcement about the withdrawal of troops from Syria.
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British journalist taken hostage by ISIS believed to be alive
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 5 (ANI): The United Kingdom believes that British journalist John Cantlie, who was taken hostage by ISIS in 2012, is still alive and being held by the terrorist outfit.
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“Want to keep forces in Iraq to watch on Iran”, says Trump
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 4 (ANI): At a time when Washington has announced pull out of its troops from Syria, United States President Donald Trump said that he would continue to deploy armed forces in Iraq to keep a “watch on Iran”.
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Asked Mattis to resign: US President Trump
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 2 (ANI): In an interview to New York Times, United States President Donald Trump stated that he asked former Defense Secretary James Mattis to resign because he "wasn’t happy with the job that he was doing at all."
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“Time to come home”: Trump defends troops withdrawal from Middle East
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 1(ANI): United States President Donald Trump early on Friday (local time) defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Syria and Afghanistan stating “it is now time to start coming home after spending money for many years wisely” in the region. Read More
Intelligence should go back to school: Trump on Iranian threats
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 30 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday stated that US Intelligence is passive when it comes to Iranian threats.
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McConnell announces proposal appealing US troops to stay in Syria, Afghani
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 30 (ANI): Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell is pursuing an amendment to a Middle East policy bill that would acknowledge the "al Qaeda, ISIS and their affiliates in Syria and Afghanistan continue to pose a serious threat to us here at home," a move in opposit
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'Safe zones in Syria to allow refugees to return home'
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Jan 29 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country is planning to form 'safe zones' in northern Syria so that Syrian refugees in Turkey can return to their home country.
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Turkey allows cooperation over border security zone with Syria
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 24 (ANI): Turkey has the capability to build a proposed security zone on its border with Syria, but would not exclude anybody, including the United States and Russia, who wants to extend cooperation over the issue, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursd
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Syria mulls strike on Tel-Aviv airport as retaliatory measure
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Jan 23 (ANI): The Permanent Representative of the Syrian Mission to the United Nations has said that Syria is mulling over attacking Israel's Tel Aviv airport in retaliation to the recent airstrike carried out by Israel on Damascus airport.
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Foreign ministers of US, Turkey discuss Syrian crisis
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 22 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the current situation in Syria in a telephone conversation amid repeated queries surrounding Washington's decision to withdraw its troops from the war-ravaged countr
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