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Turkey Arrests Over 100 Suspected Members Of Islamic State
Turkey arrested over 100 suspected members of the Islamic State group this week, authorities said Friday, the latest mass detention targeting the terror organisation.
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Turkey Deports 11 French "Terror Suspects"
Turkey sent 11 French "foreign terrorist fighters" back to France on Monday, the Turkish interior ministry said.
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Barack Obama Reaffirms Commitment To Turkey's Security As Tayyip Erdogan Visits
US President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed the US commitment to Turkey's security during a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, while also discussing both countries' efforts to fight Islamic State, the White House said.
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Israel Urges Citizens To Leave Turkey, Cites ISIS Threat
Israel urged its citizens visiting Turkey to leave "as soon as possible" in an upgraded travel advisory on Monday predicting possible follow-up attacks to the March 19 suicide bombing in Istanbul blamed on ISIS.
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US Military Says Pulls 12 Fighter Jets From Base In Turkey
The U.S. military said on Wednesday it was removing 12 fighter jets from Incirlik air base in Turkey after sending them there last month to bolster the fight against Islamic State and to help reassure Turkey after Russian incursions its airspace.
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Ash Carter's Trip To Turkey Aims To Strengthen Fight Against ISIS
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the US wants Turkey to better control its border with Syria, which could help block the flow of foreign fighters to the ISIS, and to more forcefully join the US-led coalition "in the air and on the ground."
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Turkish Police Arrest Suspected Islamic State Scout in Paris Attacks
Turkey has arrested a Belgian man of Moroccan origin suspected of involvement in Islamic State's attacks in Paris that killed 130 people a week ago, a Turkish government official said on Saturday.
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Pressure on State as Islamic State Links to Bombing Deepen in Turkey
Two weeks after more than a hundred people were killed in an Ankara bomb attack, Turkey is still unravelling clues that suggest the Islamic State group was responsible, fuelling opposition anger over an apparently enormous security lapse by the government.
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Turkish PM Mocked Over '360 Degrees Difference From Islamic State' Slip
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu faced mockery today over his grasp of both geopolitics and geometry, after saying there was "360 degrees of difference" between Turkey's brand of Islam and that of the Islamic State extremist group.
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Islamic State Prime Suspect in Ankara Bombing: Turkey Prime Minister
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday said Turkey was investigating the Islamic State (IS) group as the prime suspect in the bombings on a weekend peace rally in Ankara that killed 97 people.
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Islamic State Pushes Back Syria Insurgents Near Turkey
Islamic State fighters advanced against rival insurgents in northern Syria on Sunday, capturing areas close to a border crossing with Turkey and threatening their supply route to Aleppo city, fighters and a group monitoring the war said.
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4 Britons Who Sought to Get to Syria Arrested on Return to UK
Four Britons who were detained in Turkey on suspicion of trying to cross illegally into Syria were arrested on their return to England today, police said.
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Spy Detained for Helping British Girls Join Islamic State, Says Turkey
Turkey today said an intelligence agent working for one of the states in the US-led coalition had been captured for helping three British teenage girls cross into Syria to join Islamic State (IS) jihadists.
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Come Home, Families Beg Syria-Bound UK Schoolgirls
The families of two British schoolgirls among a trio feared to be travelling to join the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria issued emotional appeals for them to come home on Saturday.
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Syrian Kurds Seize from Islamic State a Third of Villages Around Kobane
Syrian Kurdish forces have recaptured more than a third of the villages around Kobane from the Islamic State group since routing the jihadists from the town a fortnight ago, a monitor said today.
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Turkey Arrests Over 100 Suspected Members Of Islamic State
Turkey arrested over 100 suspected members of the Islamic State group this week, authorities said Friday, the latest mass detention targeting the terror organisation.
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Turkey Deports 11 French "Terror Suspects"
Turkey sent 11 French "foreign terrorist fighters" back to France on Monday, the Turkish interior ministry said.
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Barack Obama Reaffirms Commitment To Turkey's Security As Tayyip Erdogan Visits
US President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed the US commitment to Turkey's security during a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, while also discussing both countries' efforts to fight Islamic State, the White House said.
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Israel Urges Citizens To Leave Turkey, Cites ISIS Threat
Israel urged its citizens visiting Turkey to leave "as soon as possible" in an upgraded travel advisory on Monday predicting possible follow-up attacks to the March 19 suicide bombing in Istanbul blamed on ISIS.
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US Military Says Pulls 12 Fighter Jets From Base In Turkey
The U.S. military said on Wednesday it was removing 12 fighter jets from Incirlik air base in Turkey after sending them there last month to bolster the fight against Islamic State and to help reassure Turkey after Russian incursions its airspace.
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Ash Carter's Trip To Turkey Aims To Strengthen Fight Against ISIS
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the US wants Turkey to better control its border with Syria, which could help block the flow of foreign fighters to the ISIS, and to more forcefully join the US-led coalition "in the air and on the ground."
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Turkish Police Arrest Suspected Islamic State Scout in Paris Attacks
Turkey has arrested a Belgian man of Moroccan origin suspected of involvement in Islamic State's attacks in Paris that killed 130 people a week ago, a Turkish government official said on Saturday.
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Pressure on State as Islamic State Links to Bombing Deepen in Turkey
Two weeks after more than a hundred people were killed in an Ankara bomb attack, Turkey is still unravelling clues that suggest the Islamic State group was responsible, fuelling opposition anger over an apparently enormous security lapse by the government.
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Turkish PM Mocked Over '360 Degrees Difference From Islamic State' Slip
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu faced mockery today over his grasp of both geopolitics and geometry, after saying there was "360 degrees of difference" between Turkey's brand of Islam and that of the Islamic State extremist group.
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Islamic State Prime Suspect in Ankara Bombing: Turkey Prime Minister
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday said Turkey was investigating the Islamic State (IS) group as the prime suspect in the bombings on a weekend peace rally in Ankara that killed 97 people.
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Islamic State Pushes Back Syria Insurgents Near Turkey
Islamic State fighters advanced against rival insurgents in northern Syria on Sunday, capturing areas close to a border crossing with Turkey and threatening their supply route to Aleppo city, fighters and a group monitoring the war said.
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4 Britons Who Sought to Get to Syria Arrested on Return to UK
Four Britons who were detained in Turkey on suspicion of trying to cross illegally into Syria were arrested on their return to England today, police said.
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Spy Detained for Helping British Girls Join Islamic State, Says Turkey
Turkey today said an intelligence agent working for one of the states in the US-led coalition had been captured for helping three British teenage girls cross into Syria to join Islamic State (IS) jihadists.
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Come Home, Families Beg Syria-Bound UK Schoolgirls
The families of two British schoolgirls among a trio feared to be travelling to join the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria issued emotional appeals for them to come home on Saturday.
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Syrian Kurds Seize from Islamic State a Third of Villages Around Kobane
Syrian Kurdish forces have recaptured more than a third of the villages around Kobane from the Islamic State group since routing the jihadists from the town a fortnight ago, a monitor said today.
