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Trump says US won’t sell fighter jets to Turkey

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Turkey marks 3rd anniversary of failed coup

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A Russian transport aircraft, carrying military vehicles and equipment, parts of the S-400 air defense systems, is seen at Murted military airport in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 12, 2019. The first shipment of a Russian missile defense system has arrived in Turkey, the Turkish Defense Ministry said Friday, moving the country closer to possible U.S. sanctions and a new standoff with Washington. The U.S. has strongly urged NATO member Turkey to pull back from the deal, warning the country that it will face economic sanctions. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool)

Russian planes continue to deliver S-400 parts to Turkey

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In this Tuesday, July 9, 2019 photo, a helicopter flies near Turkey's drilling ship, 'Fatih' dispatched towards the eastern Mediterranean, near Cyprus. Turkish officials say the drillships Fatih and Yavuz will drill for gas, which has prompted protests from Cyprus.(Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool)

EU slaps sanctions on Turkey over gas drilling off Cyprus

By RAF CASERT and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

In a Dec. 17, 2018, file photo, Bijan Kian leaves the FBI Washington Field Office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trial of former Flynn business partner begins in Virginia

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

The first shipments of the Russian S-400 missile defense system have arrived in Turkey, moving the country closer to a standoff with Washington. The U.S. has strongly urged the NATO member to pull back from the deal and warned that it will face economic sanctions. (Associated Press)

For 3rd day, Russia delivers S-400 system parts to Turkey

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Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, stops to talk to members of the media after meeting with President Donald Trump and members of the GOP leadership at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Michael McCaul: Turkey purchase of Russian S-400 missile system ‘very problematic’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

The first shipments of the Russian S-400 missile defense system have arrived in Turkey, moving the country closer to a standoff with Washington. The U.S. has strongly urged the NATO member to pull back from the deal and warned that it will face economic sanctions. (Associated Press)

Turkey’s Russia missile system means U.S. sanctions

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Turkey begins second wave of operations against PKK in Iraq

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The first shipments of the Russian S-400 missile defense system have arrived in Turkey, moving the country closer to a standoff with Washington. The U.S. has strongly urged the NATO member to pull back from the deal and warned that it will face economic sanctions. (Associated Press)

Turkey continues receiving Russian S-400 air defense parts

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A Russian transport aircraft, carrying military vehicles and equipment, parts of the S-400 air defense systems, is seen at Murted military airport in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 12, 2019. The first shipment of a Russian missile defense system has arrived in Turkey, the Turkish Defense Ministry said Friday, moving the country closer to possible U.S. sanctions and a new standoff with Washington. The U.S. has strongly urged NATO member Turkey to pull back from the deal, warning the country that it will face economic sanctions. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool)

The Latest: US aware Turkey taking Russian missile system

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In this July 10, 2018, file photo, former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, following a status hearing. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

Flynn’s absence leaves hole at trial of ex-business partner

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

In this July 8, 2019, photo, acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper waits for the arrival of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the Pentagon. The Pentagon says that Esper expects to be formally nominated for the top job very soon, setting off a complicated leadership replacement shuffle at top Army, Navy and senior Defense Department levels(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US deciding how to punish ally Turkey over Russian arms deal

By ROBERT BURNS and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan smiles as he addresses a conference on judicial reform strategy, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, May 30, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Russian S-400 defense systems arrive in Turkey

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to reporters before leaving for Bosnia, in Istanbul, Monday, July 8, 2019. Erdogan says Russia's S-400 air defense missiles are currently being prepared to be flown to Turkey. Erdogan would not, however, say when the Russian missile defense system would reach Turkey or where they will be deployed. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

State Department affirms Turkey faces sanctions over planned Russia weapons buy

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, June 20, 2019 file photo, a Turkish police officer patrols the dock, backdropped by the drilling ship 'Yavuz' scheduled to be dispatched to the Mediterranean, at the port of Dilovasi, outside Istanbul. Cyprus is condemning a second attempt by Turkey to drill for gas in waters off its coast as an escalation in its breach of international law. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

EU, Cyprus condemn Turkey’s 2nd offshore gas drilling bid

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Press groups say Turkey report blacklists foreign news media

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Security and forensic officials work at the site after an explosion inside a vehicle in Reyhanli, Turkey, Friday, July 5, 2019. The blast occurred inside a car some 750 meters (yards) from a local government office in Reyhanli in Hatay province, near the border with Syria and has left two people dead and two others injured, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported.(DHA via AP)

Turkey: 2 killed in explosion near border with Syria

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In this photo taken Tuesday, July 7, 2009, a Uighur woman protests before a group of paramilitary police when journalists visited the area in the aftermath of riots in Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang region. Analysts say the Urumqi riots in 2009 set in motion the harsh security measures now in place across Xinjiang, where about 1 million Uighurs, Kazakhs and other Muslims are estimated to be held in heavily-guarded internment camps _ also called &quot;re-education&quot; camps _ which the Chinese government describes as vocational training centers. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China locks down Xinjiang a decade after deadly ethnic riots

By DAKE KANG - Associated Press

This image taken on a mobile phone on Wednesday July 3, 2019 shows the damage inside the detention center in Tripoli's Tajoura neighborhood after an airstrike. Libyan officials say an airstrike has struck a detention center for migrants in the capital, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens. The airstrike was likely to raise further concerns about the European Union's policy of partnering with Libyan militias to prevent migrants from crossing the Mediterranean, which often leaves them at the mercy of brutal traffickers or stranded in squalid detention centers near the front lines. (AP Photo)

In Libya, a rogues’ gallery of militias

By RAMI MUSA and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press