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Saturday, January 19, 2019

Syrian Crisis Coalition airstrikes kill 20 civilians in Deir el-Zour U.S.-led coalition warplanes on Friday struck Daesh positions in eastern Syria, leaving a number of civilians dead, according to local sources. Twenty people in Deir ez-Zour's... More
Life Winter storm kills newborn lion cubs at Gaza zoo Four baby lion cubs died from the cold in a Gaza zoo after wind ripped protective plastic sheeting from their cage during a winter storm, the zoo's owner said Friday. Two... More
Life The city of firsts: Pergamon Pergamon was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014, and it has been one the rare settlements that has survived several invasions and devastations over the ages More
Syrian Crisis Blast rocks HTS headquarters in Syria’s Idlib A huge blast on Friday rocked the city of Idlib, a stronghold of an al-Qaida branch in northwestern Syria, killing at least 11 people, a war monitor reported. The Syrian... More
Education Long-awaited recess begins for students Some 18 million students started midterm break on Friday, an occasion marked far from home for Syrian refugee students and at a time of separation from classmates for students heading out of town for the holiday More
Automotive Musk fires over 3,000 Tesla staff over 'tiny profits' Saying the road ahead was "very difficult," Tesla's CEO Elon Musk said Friday that the company would be cutting its staff by about 7 percent. The electric car and solar... More
Americas Mexican airline trolls racist sentiment in US with 'DNA discount' Aeromexico is taking a poke at the U.S.-Mexico border standoff with a "DNA discount" for people in the United States with Mexican ancestry. An ad launched this week that... More
Fashion Turkish modest fashion exhibition attracts hundreds of international companies, visitors Lifestyle Turkey 2019: Modest Fashion Exhibition, the only commercial modest fashion fair in Turkey and the Middle East, this year is hosting prominent names from the sector... More
Istanbul 1,000 swindled in fake Montenegrin citizenship scheme A gang of scammers in Istanbul have tricked up to 1,000 people by selling them fake Montenegro passports, each of which they charged over 7,000 euros in an elaborate scheme... More
Business Turkey, Germany to share agricultural technologies Turkey and Germany signed a memorandum of understanding Friday aiming to develop bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture while enabling information exchange in agricultural... More
Americas Colombia says ELN carried out police academy bombing that killed 21 Colombian authorities said that a one-armed explosives expert belonging to the country's last remaining rebel group carried out a car bombing against a police academy that... More
Africa Zimbabwe completely shuts internet amid protests Zimbabwe on Friday faced a "total internet shutdown," a media group said, after a days-long violent crackdown on people protesting a dramatic fuel price increase. Badly injured... More
Americas Michael Cohen: I rigged online polls for Trump President Donald Trump's estranged former lawyer acknowledged Thursday that he paid a technology company to rig Trump's standing in two online polls before the presidential... More

Diplomacy Erdoğan, US Senator Graham discuss Khashoggi, Syria U.S. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham arrived in Turkey on Friday for meetings with top officials, including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. In... More
Travel On the foothills of Mt Uludağ, horse riding is more than a sport A horse-riding center at the foothills of Mount Uludağ offers the pleasure of going at full gallop while enjoying one of the best views in Anatolia. Local and international... More
Football Turkish football clubs earn around 400M euros from transfers in last 4 seasons The income obtained by Super League teams from transfers in the last four seasons has approached 400 million euros ($456 million), according to Turkish daily Hürriyet on Friday.Turkey's... More
Arts The Pilevnel 10: At the Factory in Mecidiyeköy In its fresh annex in Mecidiyeköy out of an unvarnished, multistory warehouse-like museum comparable to Istanbul Modern, Pilevneli Gallery invites Istanbul's art explorers to appreciate the individual practices of 10 international artists, many living between multiple cities in the U.S., France, Germany and Turkey More
Politics Journalist deported by Turkey fired from newspaper The Dutch journalist linked to an ongoing terrorism probe deported by Turkey has been dismissed from her job at the Het Financieele Dagblad (FD) newspaper, reports said Friday. Johanna... More
Politics New details shed light on deportation of Dutch journalist The deported Dutch journalist is suspected of assisting her ex-boyfriend, who has links to the al-Nusra Front terrorist group, in obtaining a residence permit by using fake documents More
Politics Syria solution must consider Turkey's 'security concerns' Turkey has justifiable security interests in northeastern Syria, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday amid calls for a buffer zone in the area. Guterres... More
MidEast Fuel crisis threatens hundreds of patients in Israeli-blockaded Gaza The continued shortage of fuel in the besieged Gaza Strip has threatened the lives of hundreds of patients as many hospitals would cease to function in the near future More
Turkey Greece sells Turkish-Muslim properties, accused of erasing legacy Greece's controversial policy of selling properties belonging to foundations has angered citizens of Turkish origin who claim that the country is trying to end the Turkish-Muslim... More
War On Terror Turkey responds to terror attack on soldiers in Afrin Turkey responded to a terrorist attack from Syria's northern city of Tal Rifat on Turkish soldiers in Afrin, the defense ministry said Friday. The PKK's Syrian affiliate... More
Politics Provocations won't be allowed to hurt Idlib deal To restore peace in Syria, Ankara asserted that provocative attempts to undermine the Idlib deal between Turkey and Russia wouldn't be allowed."Recently, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham... More
History More asteroids smack Earth since age of dinosaurs, research says Between two and three times as many asteroids have struck the Earth and the moon since the age of the dinosaurs, when one massive space rock collision wiped them out forever,... More

Columns

Some ambivalences in Turkish-US relations Kılıç Buğra Kanat Since the phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, there has been a debate... More

Where does Putin stand on the Syria safe zone? Burhanettin Duran U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to create a safe zone in northern Syria continues to make headlines. Journalists... More

Besieged by global actors, Syria still seeks peace İhsan Aktaş There are many stakeholders in Syria, but there is neither a tangible solution nor comprehensive road map for the... More

Global 'decoupling' is over Kerem Alkin Just before and after the 2008 global financial crisis broke out, "decoupling" was an important concept that was... More

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Opinion

US education experts go ballistic on FETÖ schools Vakkas Doğantekin U.S. taxpayers and education experts should not let the cult leader Gülen exploit the future of their children... More

The basic dimensions of AK Party's local election campaign Hazal Duran The AK Party's campaign for the March local elections involves both contemporary and traditional methods of reaching... More

The establishment of a safe zone and the return of displaced Syrian people Maria Beat The safe return of Syrian refugees can be provided with the formation of a safe zone, as recently agreed by Presidents... More

Jan. 15 Brexit vote: How not to do politics Klaus Jurgens The only thing certain for the Brexit vote is that it will take a huge effort from all political actors to start... More

The extent of Turkish protection in Mosul and Idlib Rabee Al-Hafidh The Middle East has suffered a great deal from terrorism and disunity among local people, and seeks a way to assure... More

Japan caught between US-China rivalry Muhammet Ali Güler A staunch ally of the U.S., Japan has found itself stuck between the U.S.-China rivalry, being forced to make a... More

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