Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) and Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu offer flowers in memory of slain Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov.
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Ambassador Karlov’s death will weaken Turkey’s influence in the Syrian conflict.
A Russian police officer guards the Turkish embassy in Moscow.
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Less than a year ago, Andrey Karlov’s assassination would’ve been a dangerous diplomatic incident – but the two massive powers involved have all but mended fences.
The aftermath of the December 10 car bomb attack in Istanbul.
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Westerners consistently misunderstand and overestimate the threat of terrorism, and often gloss over the specific reasons behind attacks.
Better living conditions in Greece would encourage more migrants to stay.
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Improving conditions in Turkey and Greece may convince more refugees to stay where they are.
Previously presumed dead, Australian citizen Neil Prakash was arrested at the Turkish border in late November.
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The extradition process for Australian citizen Neil Prakash could be prolonged, as Turkey and other countries may want to interrogate him or seek his extradition.
There are more than a million Druze worldwide, with the vast majority residing in the Middle East.
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Illuminating the origins of one of the oldest peoples in the Middle East.
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Greek and Turkish Cypriots may get to vote again on whether to end 40 years of division.
A Red Cross rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Smugglers who transport migrants and refugees into the EU are both heroes and villains.
Tracking the long and complex journey of refugees and migrants.
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Many migrants would have stopped before they reached Europe – if only there had been the opportunities.
Turkish TV channel shut down.
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The people of Turkey have less and less access to independent news.
A tourist takes pictures of a peace sign near the UN-controlled buffer zone in Nicosia.
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Referendums are not only divisive as tools of political democracy, they also turn everyday life into a new challenge.
A Syrian couple waits on the Turkish side of the Oncupinar border crossing for their parents to arrive.
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Integrating large refugee populations goes far beyond simply offering citizenship to some.
Burundian refugees fleeing conflict at home gather on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kigoma region in western Tanzania.
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The initiative to establish an African Humanitarian Agency is a welcome one. But political, technical and financial support will matter. This will require the AU to take a pragmatic approach. Can it?
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There is potential to transform the country into a pluralist and inclusive democracy.
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Ankara’s real target in Syria is the Kurds, but is Turkey getting bogged down on too many fronts?
Living in limbo: children at the Qab Elias Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon.
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It’s not just children who need support to cope, their families and caregivers do, too.
Iraqi security forces detain a boy after removing a suicide vest from him in Kirkuk, Iraq.
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A young boy is strapped with explosives and sent to detonate himself and those around him at a school. An expert on terrorism explains how and why children become embroiled in militant conflicts.
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Turkey is recovering from a failed coup, not a war, but it could learn from the practice of post-conflict reconstruction.
The dear leader, c'est moi.
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Turkey is sliding into autocracy – and the man at the helm seems keen to speed things up.
Democracy saved Erdogan from the coup attempt. Can he use it to solve the Kurdish crisis?
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The protests that helped end the attempted coup turned into an affirmation of Turkish democracy. Can it help resolve the Kurdish crisis?