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Paris Shooter Was "Clearly Targeting Foreigners": France Interior Minister
A 69-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday was deliberately seeking out foreigners, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
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Turkey Denies Allegation Of Chemical Attack In Syria
Turkey never used chemical weapons in its operations in Syria, and takes the utmost care of civilians, its foreign minister said, after Syrian Kurdish forces and a monitoring group accused it of carrying out a gas attack in Syria's Afrin region.
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2 Turkish Troops Killed As Helicopter Downed In Syria
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said two Turkish military personnel were killed when a helicopter was downed during Ankara's military offensive against a Kurdish militia in northern Syria
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Turkey Says Ground Forces Push Into Syria, Kurdish Militia Says Attack Repulsed
Turkish ground forces pushed into northern Syria's Afrin province on Sunday, media cited the prime minister as saying, as Ankara stepped up artillery attacks on a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia it aims to sweep from its border.
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Germany Sees Rise In Political Crimes By Foreigners
Germany recorded a sharp rise in politically motivated crimes by foreigners including terrorists and Kurdish terrorists last year, a trend branded "unacceptable" by Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Monday.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi Orders Probe Into Violations By Troops In Mosul
Iraq's prime minister on Monday ordered an investigation into violations of human rights and other abuses purportedly committed by government troops and paramilitary forces battling the ISIS group to retake the city of Mosul.
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Almost No Doubt Kurdish Militants Were Behind Istanbul Attack: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday the government had "almost no doubt" the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was behind a twin bombing that killed more than 30 people outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
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Turkish Deputy PM Says Kurdish Terrorist PKK May Be Behind Istanbul Attack
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Sunday that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) may be behind the attack that killed 29 people and wounded 166 outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
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Mosul Battle Will Be Big, Won't End Soon, Says Kurdish Minister
Iraqi forces have advanced to 5 km from Mosul in an offensive against ISIS's last major Iraq stronghold and there are signs of revolt against the group, the interior minister of the Kurdish regional government said on Saturday.
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Truck Bomb Attack On Soldiers Kills 18 In Southeast Turkey
Ten Turkish soldiers and eight civilians were killed on Sunday when suspected Kurdish terrorists detonated a five-tonne truck bomb that ripped through a checkpoint near a military outpost in the country's southeast, the prime minister said.
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Will Never Allow 'Artificial State' In North Syria, Proclaims Turkey PM
Turkey will never allow the formation of an "artificial state" in northern Syria, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said today, referring to the US-backed Kurdish fighters whose advance Ankara is now aiming to stop.
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Turkey Prime Minister Binali Yildirim Vows Retaliation After 'Vile' Cizre Attack
Turkey today vowed to retaliate after a suicide truck bombing by suspected Kurdish terrorists in the southeastern town of Cizre, which killed at least 11 police officers.
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Turkey-Backed Rebels 'Cleansing' Syrian Town Of ISIS: Turkish Minister
Syrian rebels backed by Turkey have taken control of the Syrian town of Jarablus from ISIS terrorists to prevent Kurdish forces from seizing a new swathe of territory on Turkey's southern border, Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik said.
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Turkey Vows To Fight ISIS After Attack Kills 54, Many Children
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said today that his country is determined to fight ISIS group extremists both inside Turkey and in Syria, after a youth blew himself up at a Kurdish wedding party, killing at least 54 people, many of them children.
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Turkey's Military: 45 PKK Rebels Killed In Air Strikes
At least 45 Kurdish rebels were killed in Turkish air strikes against suspected militant targets in northern Iraq following the suicide car bombing in Ankara, the military said today. Meanwhile, a police officer and three Kurdish militants were killed in fighting in a neighborhood in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir.
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Paris Shooter Was "Clearly Targeting Foreigners": France Interior Minister
A 69-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday was deliberately seeking out foreigners, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
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Turkey Denies Allegation Of Chemical Attack In Syria
Turkey never used chemical weapons in its operations in Syria, and takes the utmost care of civilians, its foreign minister said, after Syrian Kurdish forces and a monitoring group accused it of carrying out a gas attack in Syria's Afrin region.
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2 Turkish Troops Killed As Helicopter Downed In Syria
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said two Turkish military personnel were killed when a helicopter was downed during Ankara's military offensive against a Kurdish militia in northern Syria
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Turkey Says Ground Forces Push Into Syria, Kurdish Militia Says Attack Repulsed
Turkish ground forces pushed into northern Syria's Afrin province on Sunday, media cited the prime minister as saying, as Ankara stepped up artillery attacks on a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia it aims to sweep from its border.
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Germany Sees Rise In Political Crimes By Foreigners
Germany recorded a sharp rise in politically motivated crimes by foreigners including terrorists and Kurdish terrorists last year, a trend branded "unacceptable" by Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Monday.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi Orders Probe Into Violations By Troops In Mosul
Iraq's prime minister on Monday ordered an investigation into violations of human rights and other abuses purportedly committed by government troops and paramilitary forces battling the ISIS group to retake the city of Mosul.
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Almost No Doubt Kurdish Militants Were Behind Istanbul Attack: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday the government had "almost no doubt" the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was behind a twin bombing that killed more than 30 people outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
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Turkish Deputy PM Says Kurdish Terrorist PKK May Be Behind Istanbul Attack
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Sunday that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) may be behind the attack that killed 29 people and wounded 166 outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
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Mosul Battle Will Be Big, Won't End Soon, Says Kurdish Minister
Iraqi forces have advanced to 5 km from Mosul in an offensive against ISIS's last major Iraq stronghold and there are signs of revolt against the group, the interior minister of the Kurdish regional government said on Saturday.
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Truck Bomb Attack On Soldiers Kills 18 In Southeast Turkey
Ten Turkish soldiers and eight civilians were killed on Sunday when suspected Kurdish terrorists detonated a five-tonne truck bomb that ripped through a checkpoint near a military outpost in the country's southeast, the prime minister said.
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Will Never Allow 'Artificial State' In North Syria, Proclaims Turkey PM
Turkey will never allow the formation of an "artificial state" in northern Syria, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said today, referring to the US-backed Kurdish fighters whose advance Ankara is now aiming to stop.
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Turkey Prime Minister Binali Yildirim Vows Retaliation After 'Vile' Cizre Attack
Turkey today vowed to retaliate after a suicide truck bombing by suspected Kurdish terrorists in the southeastern town of Cizre, which killed at least 11 police officers.
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Turkey-Backed Rebels 'Cleansing' Syrian Town Of ISIS: Turkish Minister
Syrian rebels backed by Turkey have taken control of the Syrian town of Jarablus from ISIS terrorists to prevent Kurdish forces from seizing a new swathe of territory on Turkey's southern border, Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik said.
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Turkey Vows To Fight ISIS After Attack Kills 54, Many Children
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said today that his country is determined to fight ISIS group extremists both inside Turkey and in Syria, after a youth blew himself up at a Kurdish wedding party, killing at least 54 people, many of them children.
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Turkey's Military: 45 PKK Rebels Killed In Air Strikes
At least 45 Kurdish rebels were killed in Turkish air strikes against suspected militant targets in northern Iraq following the suicide car bombing in Ankara, the military said today. Meanwhile, a police officer and three Kurdish militants were killed in fighting in a neighborhood in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir.
