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Turkey

Trump's Withdrawal Plans Are a Mess, But Poll Shows Americans Ready to Bring Troops Home

Watchdog Raises Alarm About 'New Normal' as Hundreds of Journalists Worldwide Jailed for Doing Their Jobs

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Detained Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone

"The terrible global assault on journalists that has intensified in the past few years shows no sign of abating."

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The 'Smoking Gun'? Turkish Media Reports CIA Has Recording of Crown Prince Giving Order to 'Silence Jamal Khashoggi as Soon as Possible'

Jon Queally, staff writer

Citing sources, Turkish columnist claims an international investigation into...

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Netanyahu: Brutal Murder of Khashoggi by Saudis 'Horrendous,' But... 'Larger Problem Is Iran'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Trump, Bibi

The Israeli prime minister's first public comments on the killing come amid...

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Hatice Cengiz, the fiancée of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, speaking Friday on Turkey's Habertürk TV. (Screengrab)

No Thanks: Fiancée of Murdered Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Rejects Insincere Trump Invite to White House

Demanding to Know Location of Khashoggi's Body, Erdogan Accuses Saudis of 'Ferocious' Pre-Planned Murder

'Groveling' Before Murderous Kingdom, Trump Complains Saudis Deemed 'Guilty Until Proven Innocent' Like Kavanaugh

President Donald Trump meets Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office at the White House on March 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

As 'Gruesome' New Details of Khashoggi Murder Emerge, Trump Obediently Bows to Saudi Crown Prince

"You couldn't make his up," added Al Jazeera journalist Jamal Elshayyal, who posted photos of the cleaning crew's pronounced arrival.

'You Couldn't Make This Up': A Bunch of Mops, Cleaners, and Trash Bags Delivered to Saudi Consulate Ahead of Murder Probe

Nobel Prize winner Tawakkol Karman holds a poster of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi while speaking to the media during a protest outside the entrance to the Saudi Arabia Consulate on October 5, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Could Killing of WaPo Writer by Saudi 'Murder Team' Finally Put Crack in US Support of 'Criminal Regime'?

As Tensions Soar, Turkey Warns US Bombing of Syria Could Set Entire Middle East 'on Fire'

A U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jet takes off from Incirlik Air Base in Turkey on Dec. 15, 2015.

Syria Denounces 'New Aggression' After US Warplanes Bomb Government Forces

As Washington Inflames Tensions in Syria, Turkey Launches Airstrikes Against U.S.-Backed Kurdish Forces

Tensions Soar: Syria Decries Open-Ended US Military Presence as 'Act of Aggression'

Global Journalism Watchdog Honors Trump for 'Overall Achievement in Undermining Global Press Freedom'

Report Links Trump's Anti-Press Rhetoric to Record Number of Jailed Journalists

Newswire

Physicians for Human Rights

PHR Condemns Sentencing of Turkish Doctor and Calls for Immediate Dropping of Charges

Amnesty International - USA

Saudi Arabia: Independent Investigation Into Jamal Khashoggi's Death Is Urgently Needed...

Amnesty International - USA

Turkey: Thousands of Afghans Swept Up in Ruthless Deportation Drive

Green Party of the US

Green Party Of The U.S. Demands Release of Eylem Tuncaelli and Naci Sönmez, Turkish Green Left Party Co-Chairs

Amnesty International - USA

Turkey: A Dark Day For Press Freedom and For Justice As Journalists Sentenced To Life

Amnesty International

Re-Arrest and Detention of Amnesty International Turkey Chair Hours After Release Ordered Devastates Family, Disgraces Justice

Views

Stephen Zunes

Despite Everything, U.S. Troops Should Leave Syria

Reese Erlich

Trump: The Sudden Anti-War Champion?

Michael Winship

In Berlin, Turkish Newsman and Pussy Riot Risk It All for Freedom of Speech

Jefferson Morley

The Khashoggi Affair Won’t Stop Trump’s Drive for War With Iran

Richard Silverstein

What Will Trump Do About Jamal Khashoggi's Disappearance?

Vijay Prashad

There's at Least One More Ugly Battle Brewing in Syria

Juan Cole

Warning to US: Erdogan Has Used Same Techniques as Trump to De-Democratize Turkey

Andrew Smith

Brexit Means…More Arms Dealing to Human Rights Abusers

Reese Erlich

The U.S. Is Permanently Occupying Northern Syria, and That’s Trouble

Jonathan Steele

US Must Stop Using Syria as a Pawn

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