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.
... United Nations, the situation on the ground appears more desperate. The militants killed 40 Iraqi soldiers on Sunday. And fighting near Syria's border with Turkey has sparked yet another crisis. By the thousands, Syrian refugees kept pouring over the border into Turkey today, trying to escape fighting near a ...
Thousands of Syrian Kurds have fled to Turkey since Friday after Islamic State fighters attacked dozens of villages, and are said to be planning attacks on a north Syrian border town, according to a Reuters report. About 60,000 residents have left their homes as Islamic State fighters moved closer ...
ANKARA, Turkey — The United States on Friday pressed Turkey to harden its borders against fighters and funding flowing to the Islamic State militant group, and sought clarity on how far Ankara is willing to go to help a worldwide coalition destroy the insurgent threat. Turkey sits on the front line ...
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