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Compared to the real-life dangers Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter contends with for speaking out against his home country’s authoritarian regime, boxing out seven-footers for rebounds may seem inconsequential by comparison. CBC | World News
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Trump meets with Turkish President Erdogan, no breakthrough on mounting differences
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday told the Turkish president that his country’s purchase of a Russian missile defence system was a “very serious challenge” for the United States but that he hoped the NATO allies would be able to resolve that dispute. CBC | World News
Read More »Russia warns Syrian-Kurdish YPG must pull back or face Turkish army
Russia warned Syrian-Kurdish YPG forces on Wednesday they face further armed conflict with Turkey if they fail to comply with a Russian-Turkish accord calling for their withdrawal from the entire length of Syria’s northeastern border with Turkey. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian couple released from Turkish detention without charges
A Canadian couple who were detained by Turkish authorities near the Syrian border in July on suspicion of trying to join ISIS are on their way home to Canada after being released without charge, CBC News has learned. CBC | World News
Read More »Syrian forces take Kurdish-held town of Manbij as Turkish offensive enters 7th day
Syrian government forces have entered the centre of the once Kurdish-held northern town of Manbij, about 30 kilometres south of the Turkish border, and raised the national flag, Syrian state media say. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkish, Kurdish forces battle for border town in Syria
Turkish artillery are pounding suspected Syrian Kurdish positions near a town in northeast Syria as Turkey’s military incursion enters its seventh day. CBC | World News
Read More »Syrian army moves to confront Turkish forces as U.S. withdraws
Syria’s army deployed near the Turkish border on Monday, hours after Syrian Kurdish forces previously allied with the U.S. said they had reached a deal with Damascus to help them fend off Turkey’s invasion. CBC | World News
Read More »Hundreds of ISIS-affiliated foreigners escape Syria camp after Turkish shelling, Kurdish officials say
Officials with the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria said 785 foreigners affiliated with ISIS managed to escape a camp where they were being held following Turkish shelling on Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkish forces push deeper into northeastern Syria as NATO chief urges restraint
Turkish forces pushed deeper into northeastern Syria on Friday, the third day of a cross-border offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters that has set off another mass displacement of civilians and met with widespread criticism from the international community. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. withdraws troops from northeast Syria ahead of Turkish offensive
The United States said it was pulling troops from northeast Syria, in a major shift which clears the way for a Turkish military offensive against Kurdish-led forces and hands Turkey responsibility for thousands of Islamic State captives. CBC | World News
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