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Armenians are marched to a nearby prison in Mezireh by armed Turkish soldiers in Kharpert, Armenia, in April 1915. Credit: Project SAVE via Wikimedia Commons.

Ilhan Omar is just one of many guilty of hypocrisy on Turkey

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Last week’s overwhelming vote by the House of Representatives in favor of a resolution condemning the genocide of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923 represented a breakthrough. Hard as it may...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

A Kurdish campaign to boycott Turkey

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It is a story that strikes a chord with anyone familiar with the struggle for civil rights in the American South. Jwnaid Murad, a businessman in Iraqi Kurdistan, has decided that he will no...
U.S. Congress. Credit: Pixabay.

US House passes resolution recognizing Armenian genocide, bill to sanction Turkey

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed on Tuesday both a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide and a bill to enact U.S. sanctions against Turkey for its incursion this month into northern Syria. Reps. Greg Pence...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Northern Syria ‘desert regions’ suited to Arabs, not Kurds, says Erdoğan

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a television interview this week that northern Syria is more suitable for Arabs than Kurds because it is “a desert region.” In an 80-minute interview broadcast on Oct....
From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a trilateral summit in Moscow. Source: Kremlin.ru.

Iran views US withdrawal from Syria as an opportunity

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Amid the fast-paced violent developments unfolding in northeast Syria, Iran remains a central actor in the area, and it likely views the withdrawal of U.S. special forces from the area as a new opportunity. The...
A luxury Boeing 747 given to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a gift by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. (MEMRI)

Emir of Qatar gives Turkish president $400 million luxury jet

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Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a Boeing 747 worth some $400 million, Turkey’s Show TV reported last month. According to the Sept. 14 report, the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Source: Kremlin.

Erdoğan, Putin reach ‘historic agreement’ on Syria ‘buffer zone’

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Tuesday that Turkey and Russia had reached a “historic” agreement that would remove all Syrian Kurdish fighters from the Syria-Turkey border region. The announcement came following six...
Israelis protest against Turkey's incursion into northern Syria, outside the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv on July 08, 2010. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash 90.

Kurds withdraw from Syria-Turkey border region amid tentative ceasefire

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The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has withdrawn from a 75-mile area between the border towns of Ras al-Ayn and Tal Abyad in compliance with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, and will move back 19 miles...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the U.N. Security Council on the Iranian threat, Dec. 12, 2018,. Source: Screenshot.

Pompeo: Trump ‘fully prepared’ to use military action against Turkey

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Although the administration prefers “peace to war,” U.S. President Donald Trump is “fully prepared” to authorize military action against Turkey, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday. In an interview with CNBC’s Wilfred...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo by Ron Przysucha.

Netanyahu meets with Pompeo amid Israeli concerns about situation in northern Syria

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday amid Israeli concerns over the withdrawal of U.S. forces from northern Syria. “Netanyahu and I had a productive meeting on...