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Turkey fears influx of 2-3 million more Syrian refugees
Turkey could face an influx of 2-3 million more Syrian refugees if President Bashar al-Assad's forces or Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) insurgents advance around Aleppo, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt ÃavuÅoÄlu said on Nov. 18.
UN targets oil trucks to cut off Islamist revenues
A UN report is recommending the seizure of all oil tanker trucks leaving Islamist-controlled territory in Iraq and Syria to cut off millions of dollars from crude sales now bankrolling the jihadists.
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Stefanovic meets with FBI delegation
BELGRADE - Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic and a delegation of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have discussed the possibility of opening an FBI office in Belgrade, the Serbian Ministry of Interior (MUP) said in a release on Tuesday.
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Syria Kurds advance in heart of Kobane: monitor
Syrian Kurds fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the flashpoint town of Kobane made new gains Nov. 18, expelling the jihadists from several central buildings and seizing weapons, a monitor said.
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Immigrants launch hunger strike after Pakistani dies in Greek detention camp
Hundreds of illegal immigrants being held at a Greek detention center launched a hunger strike Monday to protest the death of a Pakistani inmate and conditions at the overcrowded camp.
Number of Illegal Immigrants Entering Bulgaria Via Greece Increases
The number of illegal immigrants entering Bulgaria through the border with Greece, continues to rise, Interior Ministry sources tell Dnevnik.bg.
The information was confirmed by the Refugee Agency.
According to its data, the number of persons, apprehended at the border with Greece was 291 since the beginning of the year. For comparison, in 2013 the number was 31.
The challenge facing Davutoğlu
Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄlu made some important remarks to senior Turkish reporters and editors accompanying him at the G-20 Summit in Brisbane. He is sticking to a fervently anti-al-Assad policy in Syria and is hopeful of pulling U.S. President Barack Obama to his side.
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Syrian rebels abandon Aleppo, leader flees to Turkey
Some 14,000 militants of the Syrian rebel group have abandoned Aleppo, while its commander has fled to Turkey, according to Turkish security sources The Free Syrian Army (FSA), the recognized armed opposition group against the Bashar al-Assad in Syria, has ceased its resistance in Aleppo, Syriaâs second biggest city, withdrawing its 14,000 militia from the city, a ranking Turkish security so
Archaeologists unearthing treasures just meters from ISIL
A Turkish-Italian team has completed its fourth season of excavations in KarkamıÅ, which is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world and located right on Turkeyâs border with Syria Archaeology and war donât usually mix, yet thatâs been the case for years at KarkamıÅ, an ancient city along the Turkey-Syria border where an excavation team announced its newest finds N
Paris says 'strong possibility' Frenchman in ISIL execution video
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Nov. 17 there was a "strong possibility" one of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists seen unmasked in a video claiming the execution of a US aid worker and Syrian soldiers was a French citizen.