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Across the EU, barely 2,000 people have been moved under the EU refugee relocation scheme, while more than a million arrived as refugees in Europe last year (AFP Photo/Yannis Kolesidis)

Europol to Track Terrorists at Refugee Camps in Greece

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 14, 2016 | World

Athens – A team of anti-terror experts from European police agency Europol is expected to arrive at Greece by the end of August to track extremists or ISIS member among the migrants stuck in the country. A source from Greek police reported that this comes as part of...

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Turkey Says No Compromise with Washington on Cleric Extradition

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 13, 2016 | World

Turkey will not compromise with Washington over the extradition of the cleric it accuses of standing behind an abortive coup, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday, warning of rising anti-Americanism if the U.S. fails to extradite. Yildirim’s comments,...

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British Schoolgirl Who Joined ISIS in Syria is Killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 13, 2016 | World

One of the three schoolgirls who left London in February 2015 to join ISIS has died, according to what Reuters reported on Thursday. The agency quoted Tasnime Akunjee, the girl’s family lawyer, who said that Kadiza Sultana’s family learned of her death in Raqqa,...

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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in a press conference in Ankara on Friday. Reuters

Çavuşoğlu after Meeting Zarif: ‘Turkey’s Security is Iran’s Security’

by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 13, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara- Following the critical meeting between Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Friday in Ankara, where the two ministers expressed mutual understanding on Syria’s territorial...

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Opinion: Erdogan in the Kremlin

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 12, 2016 | Opinion

It was difficult for some to accept President Recep Tayyib Erdogan shaking his opponent President Vladimir Putin’s hand and Turkey’s reconciliation with Russia. Ankara’s signing of a deal to normalise relations with Israel has led to much criticism. The matter is only...