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Danish court jails repatriated Islamic State fighter

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to reporters before a visit to the United States, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Erdogan warned European nations Tuesday that his country could release all the Islamic State group prisoners it holds and send them to Europe, in response to EU sanctions over Cyprus.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Angered at EU, Turkey threatens to release IS prisoners

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Former British army officer James Le Mesurier stands near the Golden Horn in this undated file photo, in Istanbul. The lifeless body of Le Mesurier was found early Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, in Istanbul, Turkey. Le Mesurier, a former British army officer who helped found the &quot;White Helmets&quot; volunteer organization in Syria, has been found dead in Istanbul, Turkish officials and news reports said Monday. (AP Photo/File)

Turkey tries to shed light on death of James Le Mesurier, White Helmets founder

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FILE - In this July 21, 2019, file photo, South Africa's Erik van Rooyen looks at the line of his putt on the fourth green during the final round of the British Open Golf Championships at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. Van Rooyen needs a big finish to his year to crack the top 50 in the world. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

Van Rooyen faces a crucial stretch at end of European season

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to reporters before a visit to the United States, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Erdogan warned European nations Tuesday that his country could release all the Islamic State group prisoners it holds and send them to Europe, in response to EU sanctions over Cyprus.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Trump, Erdogan in White House meeting to discuss Kurds, Turkey closeness to Russia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, right, talks to Cyprus' Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides, left, and Malta's Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela during an European Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. European Union foreign ministers are discussing ways to keep the Iran nuclear deal intact after the Islamic Republic began enrichment work at its Fordo power plant. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU unveils sanctions plan to hit Turkey over Cyprus drilling

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his ruling party legislators at the Parliament, in Ankara. AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan White House visit on despite Syria issues, sanctions

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this photo taken from the outskirts of the village of Alakamis, in Idil province, southeastern Turkey, a Turkish army vehicles is driven in Turkey after conducting a joint patrol with Russian forces in Syria, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says a protester has been killed when he was run over in the village of Sarmasakh, Syria near the border by a Turkish vehicle during a joint patrol with Russia.The man was among residents who pelted with shoes and stones Turkish and Russian troops who were conducting their third joint patrol in northeastern Syria, under a cease-fire deal brokered by Moscow that forced Kurdish fighters to withdraw from areas bordering Turkey. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

Turkey starts returning IS fighters; deports US national

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Trump to confront Turkey about buying Russian defense system

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, talks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, as they tour the new NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. NATO countries' heads of states and governments gather in Brussels for a two-day meeting. (Presidency Press Service via AP, Pool)

Robert O’Brien: Donald Trump to pressure Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Russian S-400 missiles

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Turkey says at least 8 killed by car bomb in northeast Syria

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In this photo taken from the outskirts of the village of Alakamis, in Idil province, southeastern Turkey, a Turkish army vehicles is driven in Turkey after conducting a joint patrol with Russian forces in Syria, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says a protester has been killed when he was run over in the village of Sarmasakh, Syria near the border by a Turkish vehicle during a joint patrol with Russia.The man was among residents who pelted with shoes and stones Turkish and Russian troops who were conducting their third joint patrol in northeastern Syria, under a cease-fire deal brokered by Moscow that forced Kurdish fighters to withdraw from areas bordering Turkey. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

4 Syrian soldiers killed in clashes with Turkish-led forces

By ALBERT AJI and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

In this Thursday Nov. 6, 2019, A Turkish flag is seen through a fence that divided the Greek Cypriot south to the Turkish Cypriots north in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus. As the world commemorates 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the bullet-riddled sandstone walls of abandoned, crumbling homes and concrete machine gun nests dotting in Cyprus' no-man's land are a reminder of Europe's last divided country. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

30 years after the Berlin Wall, Cyprus’ division endures

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Turkish army armoured vehicles arrive near the Turkish town of Idil at the Turkey-Syria border before Turkish and Russian troops conduct their third joint patrols in northeast Syria, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Turkish and Russian troops are conducting joint patrols under a deal between the two countries that forced Syrian Kurdish fighters to withdraw from areas bordering Turkey. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool)

Turkish patrol kills Syrian protester amid shaky truce

By MEHMET GUZEL and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Turkish army officers, right, speak with a Russian army officer near the Turkish town of Idil at the Turkey-Syria border before they conduct their third joint patrols in northeast Syria, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Turkish and Russian troops are conducting joint patrols under a deal between the two countries that forced Syrian Kurdish fighters to withdraw from areas bordering Turkey. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool)

The Latest: UN envoy hails 1st round of Syria charter talks

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FILE - In this July 30, 2010, file photo, Pakistani army soldiers help an elderly villager evacuated from a flooded area in Nowshera, Pakistan. As Turkish forces invaded northern Syria in early October 2019, supporters of the offensive launched an online misinformation campaign. Dozens of misleading images claiming to show Turkey’s soldiers cuddling babies, feeding hungry toddlers and carrying elderly women, including this image from 2010, spread across Twitter and Instagram where they were liked, retweeted and viewed thousands of times. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad, File)

Twitter accounts push propaganda photos of Turkish soldiers

By AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press

Undated handout photo made available by unnamed government sources showing a woman identified as Asma Fawzi Muhammad al-Qubaysi, a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday Nov. 6, 2019. A senior Turkish official said the woman was among a group of 11 Islamic State suspects detained in a police operation in Turkey's Hatay province, near the border with Syria, on June 2, 2018.(Handout via AP)

Erdogan: Al-Baghdadi’s inner circle trying to enter Turkey

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before a meeting, in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Erdogan is on a one-day state visit to Hungary. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Hungary expects gas from TurkStream pipeline by late 2021

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Migrants wait outside a military vessel after their disembarkation at the port of Elefsina, near Athens, on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. The transfer of migrants from overcrowded camps on the islands to the Greek mainland continued this weekend, with 415 arriving Saturday afternoon at the port of Elefsina west of Athens and at least another 400 expected Sunday or early Monday. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

EU to pay Turkey millions to boost its coast guard

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Ambassador James Jeffrey, the State Department special representative for Syria engagement and special envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, testifies at the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Also testifying, at right, is Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Joey Hood. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

James Jeffrey, U.S. Syria envoy, heads to Turkey amid clashes in Kurdish ‘safe zones’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times