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Texas deploys mounted police as pro-Palestinian student protests spread

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Texas were in a tense standoff with mounted state troopers Wednesday, the latest in a...

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Turkey's famed Van cats see birthrates surge

Cat lovers in Turkey were uplifted by this week’s news that the country’s endangered Van species, hailing from the eponymous province bordering...

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Has Turkey’s Erdogan axed his Biden meeting because of Israel?

Claims that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has canceled a planned meeting at the White House on May 9 with President Joe Biden due to the...

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Turkey's trade boycott of Israel: 'more theatre,' less substance

This is an excerpt from Turkey Briefing, Al-Monitor's weekly newsletter covering the big stories of the week in Turkey. To get Turkey Briefing in your...

13.04.2024 10

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Syrian Kurdish commander says resolve of US-led anti-ISIS coalition weakening

NORTHEAST SYRIA — Some five years after the collapse of its so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria at the hands of the US-led coalition, the Islamic...

09.04.2024 10

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Turkish man rapes Dutch cow; Islamophobes have a field day

A cow in a petting zoo remains depressed after being repeatedly raped by a Turkish illegal migrant who was recently deported to Turkey from the...

28.03.2024 2

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Erdogan snags White House invite in diplomatic win, Turkish press reports

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has secured a long coveted invitation to the White House and is expected to travel to Washington to meet with...

26.03.2024 6

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Turkey detains 40 ISIS suspects amid reports Moscow terror suspect came from Istanbul

Turkish authorities detained 40 suspected Islamic State militants across eight provinces in coordinated raids in recent days, Interior Minister Ali...

25.03.2024 6

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Turkey detains hundreds of Kurds for wearing ‘forbidden’ colors at Nowruz rallies

Turkish authorities detained more than 200 people, including 38 children, for wearing Kurdish colors, in the run-up to and during March 21 Kurdish New...

22.03.2024 3

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PKK kills Turkish soldier in northern Iraq as Ankara threatens major offensive

A Turkish soldier was killed and four others were injured in a clash on Tuesday with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, as...

19.03.2024 4

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Record wave of antisemitic attacks leaves Britain’s Jews on edge

LONDON/BRISTOL — A group of Jews were enjoying a late night out in London’s lively West End, chatting animatedly in Hebrew, when a group of around...

14.03.2024 9

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Iraq’s Sudani faces US pressure to fix problems with Kurds ahead of Washington visit

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is expected to make his first formal visit to the White House in April since taking power in October...

12.03.2024 3

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Turkey’s Fidan to meet Blinken in Washington as US ties strengthen

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is due to travel to the United States on Thursday at the invitation of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken....

05.03.2024 4

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UN accuses Sudan’s RSF of rape, ethnic killings as Hemedti courts region

A new report from the United Nations records further horrors committed by the paramilitary forces and allied militias that have been fighting the...

01.03.2024 4

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Turkish strike kills 3 members of Kurdish-allied Christian force in northeast Syria

Three members of a Christian-led security contingent allied with US-backed forces fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) in northeast Syria were killed in...

28.02.2024 5

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Armenia, Azerbaijan inch toward shaky peace deal but key issues unaddressed

There is mounting speculation that talks will result in a deal to establish diplomatic relations, but many outstanding issues will remain.

27.02.2024 5

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Turkish lawyer detained over Sharia comments as Islamist-secularist debate flares

The detention of a Turkish lawyer on Monday after she made derogatory comments about Sharia on the social media platform X has further fueled debate...

20.02.2024 5

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Sweden's Kurds pay price of NATO deal with Turkey

Sweden applied for full membership of the NATO alliance on May 18, 2022, in the wake of Russia’s assault on Ukraine. For 20 excruciating months it...

16.02.2024 5

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Kurdish journalists harassed, detained ahead of key municipal race in Turkey

Pressure on Kurdish media in Turkey showed no signs of letting up as four journalists working for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency and the...

14.02.2024 3

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Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim warns of 'forceful response' to Iran-linked attacks

Syrian Kurdish forces will retaliate against any further attacks by Iran-backed Shiite militia groups, a top Syrian Kurdish official said Wednesday....

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Kurds poised yet again to sway Istanbul race as Turkey's local polls approach

Can the opposition hold on to Istanbul or will President Recep Tayyip Erdogan succeed in wresting back Turkey’s fabled megapolis and seat of power...

01.02.2024 3

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Yemen's Huthis claim attack on British oil tanker

Yemen's Huthis claimed Friday a missile strike on a British oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden that set the vessel on fire, the latest attack on...

27.01.2024 4

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Turkey's first female central bank chief faces potential axe amid nepotism claims

Hafize Gaye Erkan, the Princeton-educated economist who was brought in last year to turn around Turkey’s flailing currency, may become the sixth...

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Pentagon floats plan for its Syrian Kurd allies to partner with Assad against ISIS

The Pentagon has floated a plan for its Syrian Kurdish allies in the campaign against the Islamic State (ISIS) to partner with the Syrian regime,...

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Israeli strikes kill nine in West Bank

Israeli strikes killed nine people in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, emergency services and the army said, as violence in the territory sees no...

17.01.2024 4

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Israeli strikes kill seven in West Bank

Israeli strikes killed seven people in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, emergency services and the army said, as violence in the territory sees no...

17.01.2024 3

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Iraq, KRG leaders cancel meetings with Iran's FM at Davos over missile row

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region Masrour Barzani have canceled scheduled meetings with Iranian...

17.01.2024 4

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Turkey detains Israeli soccer player over Gaza war message during match

An Israeli soccer player was detained on Sunday and a Turkish prosecutor launched a criminal probe against him for suspected incitement of public...

15.01.2024 8

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Syrian Kurdish village breeds ancient Saluki dogs amid ravages of war

ALIYAA, Syria — At the entrance of a small Kurdish village close to Syria’s border with Turkey sits an imposing villa incongruously amid a...

09.01.2024 5

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Erdogan rivals call Turkey 'banana republic' as high court rulings ignored

Turkey kicked off the New Year with a full-blown judicial crisis centered on the case of Can Atalay, a human rights lawyer who was elected to...

04.01.2024 3

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Syrian Kurdish commander tells Washington not to sell F-16s to Turkey

With the world’s attention focused on the Gaza Strip, Turkey has resumed attacks against the Kurdish-led autonomous entity in northeast Syria,...

29.12.2023 6

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With world's eyes on Gaza, Turkey attacks Syria's Kurds again

AMUDE/QAMISHLI, Syria — The Turkish drone hung silently in the late night sky, shining its light on a nameless hamlet close to a Russian military...

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Iran-backed militias test new front with Washington’s Syrian Kurdish allies

RAQQA/SHADADDI, Syria — “Boom, boom, boom!” The steady burst of munitions emanating from a sprawling US base in a desert outpost in...

05.12.2023 6

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Syrian Kurdish commander: 'We don’t want to become battleground between US, Iran'

NORTHEAST SYRIA — As the conflict in Gaza grinds on for a second month, there is mounting worry that the violence may engulf the surrounding...

29.11.2023 2

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Iraqi FM says unless US stops Israel, conflict in Gaza will 'burn all of us''

DAHUK, Iraq — Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said the United States needs to put more pressure on Israel to end the conflict in Gaza, just as...

20.11.2023 6

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Proof of life video of Russian-Israeli scholar suggests Iraqi captors want to negotiate

A purported video of Russian-Israeli scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov that surfaced on Monday has raised hopes that her Shiite militia captors are seeking a...

14.11.2023 2

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Artist Bita Ghezelayagh points pens and roses at Iran’s repressive regime

LONDON — Last year’s deadly protests in Iran over the death in police custody of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, have cast a pall over the...

06.11.2023 3

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Global outcry grows after Israeli strikes on Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp

The Hamas-run government in Gaza said that Israeli airstrikes struck residential blocks in the Jabalia refugee camp for a second day, amid a global...

01.11.2023 6

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Iran’s FM heads to Turkey as Erdogan slams 'Israel's barbarity'

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will pay an official visit to Turkey on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and...

31.10.2023 2

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Iran’s FM heads to Turkey for Israel-Palestine talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will pay an official visit to Turkey on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and...

31.10.2023 7

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Erdogan’s dreams of eclipsing Ataturk unfulfilled as Turkish republic turns 100

This is an excerpt from Turkey Briefing, Al-Monitor's weekly newsletter covering the big stories of the week in Turkey. To get Turkey Briefing in your...

27.10.2023 3

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Tunisia’s Jews on edge after crowd torches synagogue amid Gaza protests

The destruction of a Jewish holy site in the Tunisian city of Al Hamma has left the North African nation’s tiny Jewish population feeling ever more...

21.10.2023 8

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Syrian Kurds accuse Turkey of war crimes as Erdogan vows escalation

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to escalate Ankara’s ongoing military campaign against a Kurdish-allied military group in northeast...

11.10.2023 1

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Turkey's Erdogan strikes moderate stance as Israel-Hamas war rages

As the conflict in the Gaza Strip enters its third day, Turkey’s offer to mediate between Israel and Hamas is drawing mixed reactions with...

09.10.2023 2

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A year since Mahsa Amini’s killing, Iran’s Kurds brace for renewed crackdown

The woman whose death in police custody sparked nationwide protests across Iran a year ago was an ethnic Kurd. Her real name was Jina, but her parents...

15.09.2023 8

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In letter to Biden, Barzani warns of Iraqi Kurdistan's collapse, urges mediation

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani has appealed to President Joe Biden to intervene in a deepening crisis with the...

12.09.2023 2

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Morocco earthquake: death toll passes 2,000, historic Marrakesh buildings damaged

Morocco declared three days of mourning after a massive earthquake struck the country late Friday night, killing more than 2,000 people and damaging...

10.09.2023 10

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