JEFFREY BROWN: A diplomatic row between Russia and Turkey has erupted over the grounding of a plane in Turkish airspace. Margaret Warner reports. MARGARET WARNER: Turkish military jets forced the Syrian passenger plane to land last night at Ankara, after it entered Turkish airspace en route from Moscow to Damascus ...
... of this? Could it lead to something bigger? HENRI BARKEY: Well, it's hard to see how it will get to something bigger. It is Turkey and Syria, because there's a position in Turkey, generally an opposition in Turkey to going into Syria. The Turks actually want us, the ...
... and brotherly people of Turkey. LINDSEY HILSUM: Inside Syria, the war grows ever more bitter. Neighboring countries and world powers have picked sides and are providing arms and other support. It's clear that no one, least of all Turkey and Syria, wants the war to spill over the border.
... Turkey would take part? AHMET DAVUTOGLU: Turkey is already taking part. MARGARET WARNER: No, I mean in a military sense. AHMET DAVUTOGLU: Yes, of course. Turkey will be not only on this, but Turkey will be in all processes related to Syria. MARGARET WARNER: If there is an action taken ...
... Syrian Army, have sheltered inside Turkey, funneling weapons across the border. But last weekend, they said they're moving their headquarters back into Syria. For Turkey, the Syrian conflict also threatens its own internal stability. Tensions are building in Turkey's Hatay Province, along western Syria. Minority Alawites there have ...
... that the world faces. JEFFREY BROWN: One of those is to, I think in your term, expand the West to include places like Russia and Turkey. ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI: Absolutely. I think that it's in the vital interest of the West to do so. And I think drawing in Turkey ...
... victims trapped in the rubble. John Ray of Independent Television News reports on the rescue efforts. ... GWEN IFILL: A desperate search was under way in Turkey today, one day after a powerful earthquake killed at least 279 people. The quake devastated the cities of Ercis and Van in eastern Turkey ...
A 16-year-old earthquake survivor is carried by rescue workers from a collapsed building in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on Monday. Photo by Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty Images. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey Sunday killing at least 270 people, injuring more than ...
... in this august assembly as a member of the U.N. RAY SUAREZ: It was Erdogan's latest move in a growing effort to bolster Turkey's standing in the Middle East. And it's gotten Washington's attention. Henri Barkey is a specialist in Turkish affairs and a former ...
... the explosion, though her role was unknown. Though no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, Kurdish separatist rebels have carried out recent attacks within Turkey. Yemeni Forces Attack Protesters, Kill 9 Yemeni government forces fired on protesters with rockets and small arms in Sanaa in a third day of ...
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