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Erdogan defies Trump, no ceasefire in Syria
Turkey vowed to press ahead with its offensive in northern Syria yesterday despite US sanctions and growing calls for it to stop, while Syria’s Russia-backed army moved on the key city of Manbij that was abandoned by US forces. “They
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Under pressure, Trump tells Erdogan to stop Syria invasion
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday demanded Turkey stop its military incursion in Syria and imposed new sanctions on the NATO ally, as Trump scrambled to limit the damage from his much criticised decision to clear US troops from Turkey’s
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Hunter Biden disputes Trump attacks of his work
WASHINGTON: Hunter Biden, the son of former US vice president Joe Biden, for the first time yesterday defended his work in Ukraine and China, after sustained criticism from Republican President Donald Trump that has in turn embroiled the White House
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Trump prepares to drop sanctions hammer on Turkey
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration is set to impose economic sanctions on Ankara, potentially as early as this week, for its incursion into northern Syria, one of the few levers the US still has over NATO-ally Turkey. Using the
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Turkey and Islamic State strike Syrian Kurds
ANKARA/BEIRUT: Turkey intensified its air and artillery strikes in northeast Syria yesterday in an offensive against Kurdish militia that has raised the prospect of a humanitarian disaster and questions about US President Donald Trump’s policy in the region. The Kurds,
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Ex-US ambassador: Trump axed me over ‘false claims’
The former US ambassador to Ukraine yesterday told a House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump that he ousted her based on “unfounded and false claims” after she had come under attack from his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.
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North Korea warns it may end freeze on missile testing
North Korea issued a veiled warning yesterday that it could end a freeze in long-range missile testing as it criticised a call by UN Security Council members for it to give up its nuclear weapons and denounced a recent US
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Trump’s allies charged for illegal funnelling foreign cash to US
Two foreign-born Florida businessmen, who have helped US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani investigate political rival Joe Biden, were arrested in a scheme to illegally funnel money to a pro-Trump election committee and other US political candidates, prosecutors
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Thousands flee, hundreds dead in Turkish attack on US-allied Kurds in Syria
ISTANBUL/ANKARA: Turkey pounded Kurdish militia in northeast Syria for a second day yesterday, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and killing at least dozens of people in a cross-border assault on US allies that has turned the Washington
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Trump blames Obama for allying with Syrian Kurds
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump criticised his predecessor, Barack Obama yesterday for what he termed as ‘overt choice’ to partner with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terror group as Turkey begins Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria. “When Obama took
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