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February 28, 2020

Turkey to allow Syrian refugees free access to Europe after troop attack

Turkey said Friday that it ordered troops stationed along the Syrian border to stand down and allow refugees to cross into the European Union after a Syrian government airstrike killed 33 Turkish troops in what was seen as a major escalation in the conflict, a  report said.

February 19, 2020

Turkey threatens 'imminent' operation in Idlib after Russian-backed Syrian military pushes toward border

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday threatened to launch a Turkish military operation in Syria by the end of this month if Russian-backed Syrian government forces fail to withdraw troops behind a ceasefire line agreed upon in the 2018 Sochi accord between Ankara and Moscow.

February 11, 2020

Syrian rebels shoot down government helicopter, while counter-airstrike kills civilians, including children: reports

Syrian rebel opposition forces, which are backed by Turkey, shot down a Syrian government helicopter Tuesday, killing the two crew members aboard, according to reports.

February 6, 2020

Turkey avalanche disaster death toll grows to 40, search efforts resume for missing

Rescue workers in Turkey scanned an avalanche field on Thursday for a final missing person after two avalanches killed dozens in the eastern part of the country. 

February 5, 2020

Turkish jet skids off runway, breaks into pieces; 3 dead, at least 179 injured

A plane landing in Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Turkey on Wednesday skidded off the runway, crashing into a field and breaking into pieces, injuring at least 52 people. Passengers were evacuated from the cracks in the plane's debris.

February 5, 2020

Avalanche in Turkey slams into team of rescue workers, at least 17 killed in twin disasters

At least 12 rescue workers were killed and 15 others are believed to be trapped in snow after an avalanche struck the group in Turkey on Wednesday as they were attempting to find two people missing in an earlier avalanche. 

February 4, 2020

ISIS not weakened by Baghdadi's death, took advantage of Turkey's Syria invasion, Defense Intelligence Agency says

The Islamic State (ISIS) increased its number of attacks by nearly 20 percent following Turkey's invasion of northern Syria last year after President Trump withdrew American troops from the area, intelligence officials said, while also saying the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi had no immediate impact on the terror group. 

January 27, 2020

At least 38 killed in Turkey earthquake, officials say

Rescue crews in Turkey worked through Sunday to pull more survivors from collapsed buildings in the country’s east where a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Friday, claiming at least 38 lives.

January 25, 2020

Turkey earthquake death toll rises to 22, more than 1000 injured

The death toll from a strong earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey climbed to 22 Saturday, with more than 1,000 people injured, officials said.

January 16, 2020

Nearly 1 in 4 countries saw jump in protests, civil unrest in 2019, study finds

A new report published Thursday claims that nearly one in four countries around the world saw jumps in protests and civil unrest in 2019.