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Three British male teenagers suspected of planning to join Islamic State militants in Syria have been arrested in Turkey and flown back to the United Kingdom, officials said Sunday. The three teens were detained Friday in Istanbul by Turkish authorities who were alerted by British officials after police in London ...
... Harry Truman as the first. But Truman never pardoned a turkey. In fact, according to the Truman Library, "Truman sometimes indicated to reporters that the turkeys he received were destined for the family dinner table." Truman was actually the first president to receive a turkey from the National Turkey Federation ...
http://youtu.be/vj8F5fBh7c4 In front of an audience at the White House Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, President Barack Obama pardoned the sixth turkey of his presidency. The annual tradition honored two lucky birds spared from the dinner table. This year’s “free birds” are Mac and Cheese. Only ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ruffled feathers Monday when he said women and men are created differently, and women can’t be expected to do the same work as men.
... Turkey. U.S. officials confirmed Saturday that Ankara had agreed to train Syrian moderate forces on Turkish soil. A Turkish government official said Sunday that Turkey put the number at 4,000 opposition fighters and said they would be screened by Turkish intelligence. Also Sunday, officials confirmed that Turkey agreed ...
... terms of humans coming from, say, Great Britain or the West and wanting to join forces with ISIS. It seems the key way station is Turkey. Is Turkey stopping that flow? GEOFF DYER: That’s a very hard question to answer. I mean, you get very conflicting reports on that ...
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's promise to limit U.S. military engagement against Islamic State militants makes it difficult to accept Turkey's terms for joining the fight in neighboring Syria. Turkey and other American allies want the U.S. to create a no-fly zone inside Syrian territory. Yet ...
... that drawing Ankara into the war could open a new line of attack against a Kurdish movement that has for decades sought greater autonomy inside Turkey. At the same time, Americans officials fear Turkey could simply choose to remain out of the fray, and let two of its enemies — the ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: We reported earlier on today's reported beheading of another hostage by the Islamic State group. This comes as its terrorists continued to advance on and shell the besieged Kurdish town of Kobani, along Syria's border with Turkey. The militants' push is happening despite continued airstrikes ...
... parliament that he was in support of fighting the Islamic State and terrorism, but "tons of bombs dropped from the air will only delay the threat and danger." "Turkey is not a country in pursuit of temporary solutions nor will Turkey allow others to take advantage of it," he added.
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