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Cyprus president: Gas drilling won’t stop for Turkey dispute

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Syrian rebel fighters prepare to shoot a howitzer toward the government positions near the village of Nerab, in Idlib province, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Turkey sent more reinforcements into northwestern Syria on Thursday, setting up new positions in an attempt to stop a Syrian government offensive on the last rebel stronghold in the war-torn country, state media and opposition activists said. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian troops gain territory in push to control key highway

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

U.S. investigators inspect site of fatal Turkish plane crash

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Syrian rebel drive toward the government positions near the village of Nerab, in Idlib province, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Turkey sent more reinforcements into northwestern Syria on Thursday, setting up new positions in an attempt to stop a Syrian government offensive on the last rebel stronghold in the war-torn country, state media and opposition activists said. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian advance sends hundreds of thousands fleeing in Idlib

By SARAH EL DEEB and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

In this frame grab from video taken on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, a Turkey Armed Forces convoy is seen at the northern town of Sarmada, in Idlib province, Syria. A large Turkish military convoy moved into the rebel-held areas of northwest Syria on Sunday, witnesses on the ground said, adding it appeared to be heading towards the south of Idlib province. (AP Photo/APTN)

Syrian army enters key town as Turkey beefs up its troops

By BASSEM MROUE and DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Davis County Sheriff's Office shows Lev Aslan Dermen. Openings arguments are set Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Utah for a California businessman who prosecutors accuse of being a key figure in a $511 million tax credit scheme carried out by two executives of a Salt Lake City biodiesel company linked to a polygamous group. The men from the polygamous group pleaded guilty last year to money fraud and other charges and are expected to testify against Lev Aslan Dermen, who has pleaded not guilty. (Davis County Sheriff's Office, via AP)

Polygamist testifies against former partner in fraud scheme

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

In this May 3, 2019, file photo, Libyans hold a demonstration against military operations by forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya. Two Libyan militia commanders and a Syrian war monitor group say Turkey is deploying Syrian extremists to fight in Libya's civil war. These extremists are affiliated with groups like al Qaeda and the Islamic State. They're fighting as mercenaries on behalf of the United Nations-supported government in Libya. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed, File)

Turkey deploys extremists to Libya, local militias say

By Sam Magdy - Associated Press

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Francis Fannon, left, talks with Cyprus' Energy minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis during a meeting of Israeli, Cypriot and Greek experts working on boosting safety and security in offshore oil and gas drilling in Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

US backs Cyprus amid tensions with Turkey over gas drilling

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. Cavusoglu said Tuesday Ankara and Moscow were trying to keep peace efforts for Syria alive despite Syrian government advances and a deadly clash between Turkish and Syrian forces in northern Syria. (Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool)

President: Turkey won’t allow more ground to Syria in Idlib

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

In this frame grab from video taken on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, people ride their motorcycles next to a Turkey Armed Forces convoy is seen at the northern town of Sarmada, in Idlib province, Syria. A large Turkish military convoy moved into the rebel-held areas of northwest Syria on Sunday, witnesses on the ground said, adding it appeared to be heading towards the south of Idlib province. (AP Photo/APTN)

6 Turkish troops, 13 Syrian soldiers killed in north Syria

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Syrians sit in the back of a truck as they flee the advance of the government forces in the province of Idlib, Syria, towards the Turkish border, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Warplanes struck a town in a rebel-held enclave in northwestern Syria, killing several people, including some who were fleeing the attack, opposition activists and a rescue service said Thursday. The attack, believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes backing a Syrian government offensive, also put a local hospital out of service, they said. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Turkish military convoy crosses into rebel-held NW Syria

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In this photo provided by the Davis County Sheriff's Office shows Lev Aslan Dermen. Openings arguments are set Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Utah for a California businessman who prosecutors accuse of being a key figure in a $511 million tax credit scheme carried out by two executives of a Salt Lake City biodiesel company linked to a polygamous group. The men from the polygamous group pleaded guilty last year to money fraud and other charges and are expected to testify against Lev Aslan Dermen, who has pleaded not guilty. (Davis County Sheriff's Office, via AP)

Lawyer: Businessman was used by polygamists in fraud scheme

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

Supporters of the Greek Communist Party hold a banner as they protest outside the Greek parliament in central Athens, against the Greek -US expanded defense agreement on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. The banner reads in Greek &quot;NATO Out&quot;. Greece's parliament is set to ratify an agreement with the United States for a major expansion of military cooperation as it faces an escalation of tensions with neighboring Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece ratifies major new military deal with United States

By DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

Migrants walk between makeshift tents outside the perimeter of the overcrowded Moria refugee camp after a rainfall on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, Tuesday, Jan.28, 2020. Greece has been the first point of entry into the European Union for hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war or poverty at home, with most arriving on eastern Aegean islands from nearby Turkey. (AP Photo/Aggelos Barai)

Greece plans floating border barrier to stop migrants

By DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

Italy, Cyprus say Turkey-Libya maritime deal ‘unacceptable’

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks speaks during a joint press conference with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday Jan. 29, 2020. (Benoit Tessier/Pool via AP)

Macron: Turkey is sending warships, mercenaries to Libya

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Moderate quake shakes western Turkey, no injuries reported

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In this image taken from video made available by Ankara Municipality Fire Department shows a rescuer pulling out a girl from the rubble of a collapsed building, in Elazig, Turkey, Saturday Jan. 25, 2020. A two-year-old girl and her mother were pulled from the rubble of an apartment building on Saturday more than 24 hours after an earthquake struck eastern Turkey. Various earthquake monitoring centres gave magnitudes of the quake ranging from 6.5 to 6.8. (Ankara Municipality Fire Department via AP)

Turkish rescuers find last quake victims; death toll hits 41

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

People gather inside a sports hall to spend the night following Friday's earthquake that destroyed their houses, in Elazig, eastern Turkey, late Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. More than 24 hours after a powerful earthquake hit eastern Turkey rescuers continued to pull survivors from under collapsed buildings Sunday. (Ugur Can/DHA via AP)

Turkish teams hunt for quake survivors as death toll hits 38

By ANDREW WILKS - Associated Press

People look at a collapsed building after a 6.8 earthquake struck Elazig city centre in the eastern Turkey, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 rocked eastern Turkey on Friday, causing some buildings to collapse and killing at least four people, Turkish officials said. (IHA via AP)

Death toll from eastern Turkey earthquake climbs to 20

By Andrew Wilks - Associated Press