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A Syrian Kurdish refugee child from the Kobani area, peers from a tent on a cold morning at a camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Islamic State group ousted from Syria’s Kobani; Kurds celebrate victory

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Turkey’s Cyprus incursion nothing new

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Police officers and soldiers patrol Rue Pavee, in the heart of the Paris Jewish quarter, Monday Jan. 12, 2015. France on Monday ordered 10,000 troops into the streets to protect sensitive sites after three days of bloodshed and terror, amid the hunt for accomplices to the attacks that left 17 people and the three gunmen dead. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Hayat Boumeddiene, Paris terror suspect, slips to Syria: ‘Unbelievable she got away’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Greek Cypriots cast a suspicious eye on the Cypriot gas pipeline project, as the EU selected a plan that went out of its way to exclude Turkish participation. (associated press)

Cyprus: Cypriot union threatened by dispute over oil and gas rights

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Free Syrian Army members train outside Idlib, Syria, Feb. 7, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Syrian rebels to begin joint U.S.-Turkey training in March

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Ataturk in the Nazi Imagination’

By Martin Rubin

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Hamas leader Meshaal: Turkey is a ‘source of power for all Muslims’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses women in Istanbul, Turkey in this Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, photo. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Turkish teen accused of insulting Recep Tayyip Erdogan freed from custody

By Suzan Fraser - The Washington Times

Illustration on benefits of domestic natural gas production by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

MARIOS EFTHYMIOPOULOS: Cyprus, Israel energy race needs U.S. natural gas ally

By Marios P. Efthymiopoulos

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens to Pope Francis during a meeting at the Presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) ** FILE **

CLIFFORD D. MAY: Recep Tayyip Erdogan divides Turkey from the West

By Clifford D. May

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agent peers out of the open door of a helicopter during a patrol flight near the Texas-Mexico border. (AP Photo)

Two Turkish terrorists released into U.S. by Homeland Security Department

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Military honour guard stand outside the main building of the new Presidential Palace complex after a welcome ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Putin arrived in Turkey for a one-day visit and met with Erdogan at his huge new palace on once-protected farm land and forest in Ankara, becoming the second foreign dignitary after the Pope Francis to be hosted at the lavish, 1000-room complex.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Putin says Russia will scrap South Stream pipeline

By Suzan Fraser and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press