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FILE - In this April 12, 2016 photograph, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Saudi Arabia's King Salman embrace each other during a medal ceremony in Ankara, Turkey. The disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul is just the latest crisis to strain relations between the kingdom and Turkey in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Saudi writer’s disappearance strains Turkey-Saudi ties

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Pastor Andrew Brunson, center left, and his wife Norine Brunson arrive at Adnan Menderes airport for a flight to Germany after his release following his trial in Izmir, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, A Turkish court on Friday convicted an American pastor of terror charges but released him from house arrest and allowed him to leave Turkey, in a move that is likely to ease tensions between Turkey and the United. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

US pastor freed from Turkey prays with Trump in Oval Office

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

A convoy with U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson sitting inside a car arrives for his trial in Izmir, Turkey, early Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. The trial against an American pastor at the heart of a diplomatic dispute between Turkey and the United States is to resume in Turkey.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

The Latest: Trump says freed pastor to be checked in Germany

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President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Pastor Andrew Brunson after landing at Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport, Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The president is en route to campaign rally in Lebanon, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pastor Andrew Brunson is ‘in good shape’ after release from Turkey: Trump

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018 file photo, fighters with the Free Syrian army eat in a cave where they live, on the outskirts of the northern town of Jisr al-Shughur, Syria, west of the city of Idlib. Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency news agency said Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, that Syrian rebels have finished withdrawing all their heavy weapons from the front lines in the northwestern province of Idlib. The move was part of a deal reached between Russia and Turkey to demilitarize the front lines between Syrian government forces and the opposition in and around the province. Idlib is the last major rebel stronghold in Syria. (Ugur Can/DHA via AP, File)

WFP chief says agency preparing for wave of Idlib refugees

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

American pastor’s supporters celebrate release in Turkey

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a Turkey-Africa business forum in Istanbul, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

The Latest: UN food agency prepared for Syria refugees

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In this July 25, 2018, file photo, Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul, File)

Andrew Brunson, an American pastor jailed in Turkey, is now a free man: Reports

By Gabriella Muñoz and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A convoy with U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson sitting inside a car arrives for his trial in Izmir, Turkey, early Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. The trial against an American pastor at the heart of a diplomatic dispute between Turkey and the United States is to resume in Turkey.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Andrew Brunson, American pastor, back in court for spying and terror trial

By Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

A security guard looks out of the entrance of Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. A senior Turkish official says Turkey and Saudi Arabia will form a &quot;joint working group&quot; to look into the disappearance of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi who vanished last week after entering the Saudi diplomatic mission in Istanbul. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

The Latest: Missing writer’s fiancee says he wasn’t nervous

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In this July 25, 2018, file photo, Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul, File)

US pastor detained in Turkey may soon be released

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

In this July 25, 2018, file photo, Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey. The lawyer for Brunson at the center of a spat between NATO allies Turkey and the United States petitioned Turkey's highest court on Wednesday Oct. 3, 2018, seeking his release from house arrest. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul, File)

Andrew Brunson, U.S. pastor jailed in Turkey, may be coming home after secret deal: Report

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey to reopen its consulates in Iraq’s Basra and Mosul

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People hold signs during a protest at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Saudi team after Post writer included soldiers, royal guards

By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Migrant boat capsizes off Turkey; 9 killed, dozens missing

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Women, girl found dead near Greece-Turkey migration route

By COSTAS KANTOURIS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting to discuss potential damage from Hurricane Michael, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Post: US intel showed Saudi plan to hold writer

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A woman walks past Saudi Arabia's consul's residence, in Istanbul, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. A Turkish television station has aired surveillance video of missing writer Jamal Khashoggi walking into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul and a black van leaving later for the consul's home. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Jamal Khashoggi case: U.S. intel heard Saudis discussing plot against journalist

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 31, 2016 photo Lieutenant Kyriakos Papadopoulos steers the Hellenic Coastguard boat into the Mytilene port , bringing in dozens of refugees and migrants that were trying to cross from Turkey coast to the Greek island of Lesbos. Greek authorities says that Papadopoulos credited with saving thousands of lives off the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos at the height of Europe's migration crisis has died aged 44. (AP Photo/Nikolia Apostolou)

The Latest: 3 near Greece-Turkey border fatally stabbed

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In this Feb. 1, 2015, file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. Turkish claims that Khashoggi, who wrote for The Washington Post, was slain inside a Saudi diplomatic mission in Turkey, has put the Trump administration in a delicate spot with one of its closest Mid-east allies. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Mike Pence: ‘Free world deserves answers’ about missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times