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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, speaks with the new Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Alexei Yerkhov, as he submits his credentials, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Russian S-400 missile deal with Turkey alarms Pentagon

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Airmen deployed from Tucson base back from 6-month operation

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A man walks past a car crushed under rubble near the port of the Greek island of Kos on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of residents and tourists on the eastern Greek island of Kos spent the night sleeping outdoors, on beach lounge-chairs, in parks and olive groves or in their cars, a night after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region, in Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

The Latest: 2 aftershocks hit damaged Greek island of Kos

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The broken quay wall is raised by several inches in the harbor after an earthquake in Kos on the island of Kos, Greece Friday, July 21, 2017. Greek authorities said two tourists killed in the overnight quake are from Turkey and Sweden.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)

The Latest: Swede confirmed as one of those killed in quake

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Boats that crashed on top of each other in the harbor in Bodrum, Turkey, in the overnight earthquake are seen, Friday, July 21, 2017. A powerful earthquake sent a building crashing down on tourists at a bar on the Greek holiday island of Kos and struck panic on the nearby shores of Turkey early Friday, killing people and injuring some 200 people. (Yasar Anter/DHA-Depo Photos via AP)

The Latest: 2 dead, 500 hurt as 6.7 quake rocks Aegean Sea

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A cafe setting is littered with rubble following a strong earthquake on the Greek island of Kos early Friday, July 21, 2017. A powerful earthquake struck Turkey's Aegean coast and nearby Greek islands, sending frightened residents running out of buildings they feared would collapse and into the streets. (Sander van Deventer via AP)

Greece: Quake kills two, sends island tourists into panic

By Michael Probst, Derek Gatopoulos and Ayse Wieting - Associated Press

People sit at a square after an earthquake on the Greek island of Kos early Friday, July 21, 2017. A powerful earthquake struck Greek islands and Turkey's Aegean coast early Friday morning, damaging buildings and a port and killing at least two people, authorities said. (Kostoday.gr via AP)

The Latest: 2 tourists killed in quake from Turkey, Sweden

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves to supporters outside the Presidential Palace, during the inauguration of a monument to commemorate the victims of the July 15, 2016 failed coup attempt, early Sunday, July 16, 2017 in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey marked the anniversary of the country's crushed military coup with a series of rallies and other commemorative events. (Presidency Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey’s new school curriculum ditches evolution, teaches jihad: Report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attends a joint press conference with Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, July 10, 2017. Speaking Monday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Kiev, Ukraine President Poroshenko said Ukraine would not be applying for a NATO membership "immediately" but would instead "build a genuine program of reforms" to meet NATO requirements for membership in the future. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO chief, mediates talks with senior German, Turkish diplomats

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's Ambassador to the U.S. Serdar Kilic addresses a press conference at the Turkish Embassy in Washington D.C. on July 14, 2017, ahead of the one year anniversary of the failed military coup in the country. (Laura Kelly/Washington Times)

U.S. House votes to put State Department on notice: Reject Turkish arms deal

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

In the past year, the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has jailed more than 230 journalists, shuttered nearly 150 media outlets and arrested more than 55,000 people, including many human rights advocates, according to the Turkey Purge website. (Associated Press/File)

Fethullah Gulen links get Turkey citizens exiled

By Alex Zietlow - The Washington Times

Supporters of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party, rallied after a 265-mile "March for Justice" from the capital, Ankara, to Istanbul. A year ago, Turkey was roiled by an attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, followed by a state of emergency, mass arrests and a wide-scale crackdown on civil servants. (Associated Press)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s post-coup crackdowns create Turkey restiveness

By Austin Davis and Marga Zambrana - Special to The Washington Times

In this frame grab from video provided by Voice of America, members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security detail are shown violently reacting to peaceful protesters during Erdogan's trip last month to Washington. (Voice of America via AP)

David Cicilline seeks to block sale of fighter jets to Turkey in response to D.C. brawl

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks before a welcome ceremony for Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Juy 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

EU parliament advises freeze of Turkey’s membership talks

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

FILE -- In this March 22, 2017 file photo, an Emirates plane taxis to a gate at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai-based Emirates airlines says the U.S. has exempted it from a ban on laptops in airplane cabins. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck, File)

Dubai’s Emirates, Turkish Airlines off US laptop ban list

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Friday, June 30, 2017 photo, people sunbathe at the Printania Palace Hotel, in Broummana, some 15 kilometers (about 10 miles) northeast of Beirut, Lebanon. The tourism industry in Lebanon is on the rebound, thanks in no small part to the misfortunes of its Middle East neighbors, engulfed by wars, chaos and political upheaval. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon sees tourism rebound as turmoil swallows region

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

This frame grab from video released Wednesday June 28, 2017, by ANHA news agency for the semi-autonomous Kurdish areas in Syria, that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows Brett McGurk, left, the top U.S. envoy for the international coalition combatting the Islamic State group, leaving after a visit to Ayn Issa, Syria. McGurk met with members of a local council expected to administer the city of Raqqa in Syria following its capture from the militants. (ANHA News Agency, via AP)

The Latest: Syrian fire hits Golan during Netanyahu visit

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In this Jan. 1, 2015, file photo, staff members of Al-Jazeera International work at the news studio in Doha, Qatar. Kuwait has given Qatar a list of demands from Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations that includes shutting down Al-Jazeera and cutting diplomatic ties to Iran. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)

Turkey rejects Gulf Arab states’ demands over its Qatar base

By Adam Schreck and Josh Lederman - Associated Press

German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, center, and other delegates vote on the proposed relocation of the German troops from Incirlik in Turkey to Jordan, during a session of the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

German Parliament backs plan to pull recon jets from Turkey

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Saudi-Turkish ties strained over differing views on Qatar

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI - Associated Press