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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after disembarking Air Force One on Sept. 26, 2019, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Jewish and pro-Israel groups react to Trump’s decision on Syria and the Kurds

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Jewish and pro-Israel groups reacted unfavorably to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision on Sunday evening to withdraw U.S. forces from northeast Syria, ahead of an expected invasion by Turkey against Kurdish forces. The White House announced the...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikipedia.

Erdoğan compares Israel to Nazi Germany; Netanyahu dismisses comments

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan compared Israel to Nazi Germany on Tuesday, even comparing Jews in Europe during World War II to the situation in the Gaza Strip. “The immediate establishment of an independent Palestinian...
Saudi Arabia's King Salman and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Saudi Press Agency.

Turkey: OIC to meet to discuss Israel’s annexation announcement

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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an extraordinary meeting on Sunday to discuss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement last week that Israel will annex parts of the West Bank, the Turkish...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Erdoğan: Turkey won’t keep silent regarding Israel’s ‘crimes’

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday that he opposes anyone who supports Israel and its “state terror.” “We do not approve of silence on the state terror that Israel blatantly carries out in...
U.S. President Donald Trump, June 20, 2019. Credit: White House Photo.

Report: Trump pushes back against Republican senators on Turkey sanctions

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U.S. President Donald Trump pushed back against enacting sanctions on Turkey for purchasing the Russian S-400 missile-defense system, reported The Washington Post on Tuesday, citing people in the White House meeting between the president and Republican senators, led...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Credit: Staff Sgt. Brandy N. Mejia/U.S. Army.

New Pentagon leader Esper faces steadily rising tensions with Iran

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After more than six months without a permanent U.S. Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, who previously served as acting U.S. Defense Secretary and U.S. Secretary of the Army, was confirmed on Tuesday to lead...
S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft weapon-system transporter erector launcher. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Turkey receives S-400 missile defense system in defiance of US warnings

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Turkey began to receive the S-400 air-defense missile-defense system on Friday despite U.S. warnings not to do so. Materials arrived at the Murted Air Base, announced the Turkish Defense Ministry. A second shipment of equipment is...
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the 2017 U.N. General Assembly. (MEMRI)

Turkish media calls for Turks to fund, support Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s campaign

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Tarek Cherkaoui, the manager of the Turkish state-run news channel TRT World’s research center, wrote an article in April calling upon Turks to donate to the campaign fund of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)....
Ekrem Imamoğlu. Credit: Wikipedia.

Erdoğan suffers ‘huge blow’ as Turkish opposition wins Istanbul mayor race

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Turkey’s opposition mayoral candidate won the mayoral election re-run in Istanbul on Monday, giving longtime Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a stinging defeat. Harold Rhode, a former adviser on Islamic affairs and specialist on Turkey in...
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft. Credit: U.S. Air Force Photo/Alex R. Loyd.

Pentagon suspends Turkish F-35 training as Erdogan embraces Putin

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The Pentagon has been taking major steps toward suspending its F-35 fighter jet training program for Turkish pilots in the United States in response to Ankara looking to acquire the S-400 Russian missile-defense system, a senior...