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Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border

Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday, saying it had repeatedly violated its air space, one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half a century. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the plane had been attacked when[…]

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Turkey pushing back refugees at border: HRW

Human Rights Watch says Syrian refugees who have been attempting to enter Turkey are being pushed back as they try to cross. In a report released on Monday, the New York-based rights group said Turkey has now closed all its borders to Syrian refugees and is pushing them back to[…]

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Turkey heads for snap elections

Turkey will head into its second parliamentary election in five months, amid uncertainty due to escalating violence within its borders. With snap polls slated for November , Sevgi Akarçeşme, a columnist for the Zaman newspaper, the largest selling daily in Turkey, says that this is a repeat election. “Even though[…]

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70 Sudanese have joined ISIS in total: minister

Sudan’s Interior Minister Ismat Abdul Rahman said Monday that 70 young Sudanese have joined ISIS since the jihadist organization’s emergence, travelling to Syria and Libya. Several groups of students from Sudan — some holding western passports — are thought to have travelled to Syria via Turkey to join ISIS, but[…]

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