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US Ambassador to Turkey John R. Bass during a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, January 22, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo
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Bana al-Abed with her mother, Fatemah, near Bryant Park in New York on Friday. Credit Karsten Moran for The New York Times
Bana al-Abed: From a Syrian War Zone to New York City
As airstrikes rained down on Aleppo while the Syrian government wrested the city from rebel forces, Bana al-Abed and her mother, Fatemah, were tweeting daily about life under siege. “Good morning from Aleppo,” Bana said in halting English in one of the videos posted...Caption:
A Turkish military armored vehicle guards on the border line located opposite the Syrian Atimah, Idlib province in Reyhanli, Hatay province, Turkey, October 8, 2017. (Reuters)
Turkey: Idlib Operation Aimed at Curbing New Refugee Wave from Syria
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim announced on Tuesday that his country’s military operations in rebel-held Idlib in neighboring Syria are aimed at curbing the flow of refugees towards it. “The reason for our activities is to prepare the groundwork and prevent a...Caption:
A Turkish special forces police officer guards the entrance of the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey. (Reuters)
18 Terrorists Killed, Dozens Arrested during Security Raids in Turkey
Ankara – Turkish security forces neutralized 41 terrorists in operations it carried out in different cities last week, announced the Interior Ministry on Monday. It said in a statement that the security forces carried out, in the period between October 2 and 9,...Caption:
US President Barack Obama flanked by US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter arrive to speak to the press following a meeting with the National Security Council (NSC) on February 25, 2016 at the State Department in Washington, DC. (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)