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Turkish Defense Ministry blames the Tal Abyad car bomb on YPG/SDF militants

Fascinating: Turkey’s public broadcaster TRT is hitting back at Qatar-owned Al Jazeera due to its anti-Turkish incursion coverage in Syria. TRT isn’t only criticising AJ’s editorial stance on Turkey but also reporting on human rights abuses in Qatar. First time ever.

Sources close to the White House told me last year that Kardashian directly lobbied Trump on the recognition of Armenian genocide, more than once. And during the Pastor Brunson crisis, one of the choices that was presented to Trump was exactly doing that to punish Ankarahttps://twitter.com/amberinzaman/status/1190226851475664896…

Hahaha hilarious replies to this thread by football fans. You gotta readhttps://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1189925916689993733…

NEW — Turkey has delivered 18 Pro-Assad fighters to Russia, who were captured in Syria’s Ras al-Ayn earlier this week, Turkish Defense Ministry announces

“It is very ironic that YPG is supposedly trying to have a leftist revolution in Northern Syria with weapons provided by the US, which they describe as capitalist, imperialist. How is this a revolution or internationalism” says Erdogan’s senior aide

“There are questions on how ISIS leaders ended up in Idlib and Jarablus. ISIS leader Baghdadi was living in Deirezzour, which is under YPG control. How did they leave that area? We raise these questions with relevant parties” Erdogan’s spokesman Kalin says

Trump administration officials told Ankara that they cannot do much to counter the Congressional bills targeting Turkey. “They are trying to impeach the president Trump. You see what we are facing up”, US officials said according to Erdogan’s spokesperson Kalin

Turkish FM Cavusoglu speaks to US Secretary of State Pompeo in a phone call, discussing the Congressional bills recognising the Armenian genocide and proposing sanctions against Turkey over Syria

New ISIS leader is declared as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi

NEW — ISIS confirms that its leader Baghdadi is dead along with spokesperson Al-Muhajir There is a new guy in the game, new spokesperson is Abu Hamza al-Qurayshi

NEW — Senior Turkish official strongly denies that Turkey had anything to do with Iraqi govt crackdown. “It is a complete lie” Turkish official tells me in response to allegation that Turkey had delivered two military plane loads of anti-riot gear, tear gas, batons to Iraq

NEW — US forces patrolled part of Syria's border with Turkey on Thursday in the first such move since Washington withdrew troops from the area earlier this month. Five US armoured vehicles patrolled a strip of the frontier north of the town of Qahtaniyah — AFP

Erdogan, through the party’s Secretary General, also asked his resignation from the parliament. Yeneroğlu has been vocal in his criticism of Turkey’s human rights record. He said he will take a decision later on whether to resign from the parliament

NEW — Turkey summons US Ambassador Satterfield to the Foreign Ministry over US House of Representatives’ decision to recognise Armenian Genocide and pass a sanctions bill against Ankara over its Syria incursion

CORRECTION: My mistake, The House actually adopted similar non-binding resolutions that recognised the Armenian Genocide in 1975 and 1984. Apologies. But sure it was adopted for the first time by the House on Turkish Republic’s anniversary.

US House of Reps recognised the Armenian genocide and passed a sanctions bill against Turkey over Syria incursion However, • Polls indicate 90% of Turks don’t recognise the Genocide • 4/5 parties in Parliament, 90% of voters, support Syria op Punishing Erdogan? Think again

Current state of Turkish/US relations • Lawsuits against Turkish state owned Halkbank, Erdogan bodyguards • Ankara got ejected from F-35 • House recognises the Armenian Genocide • Congressional sanctions threats • Pentagon fumes over Syria • Clashing on East Med

NEW — Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the US House for passing a sanctions bill against Ankara. • Violation of Turkey’s agreement with Trump administration • Congress should stop utilising Turkey for domestic agenda • Unilateral sanctions threats won’t work

NEW — Turkish Foreign Ministry rejects the House resolution that recognised the Armenian Genocide. • It was issued for domestic consumption, has no any historical or legal basis. • Not binding. A meaningless political step, to satisfy the Armenian lobby, anti Turkey groups.

The House also voted on HR 4695, that prescribes sanctions against Turkish government officials and bans arms sales to Ankara over its Syria incursion. H.R. 4695 passed by a vote of 403-16.

We are really nearing towards a point of no return in Turkish, American relations. Recognising the Armenian Genocide is something, however forcing legislative schedule to do it exactly on the Turkish Republic Day is something else.

The final tally: H.Res. 296, the Armenian Genocide bill was adopted by a vote of 405-11

The House of Representatives is YET to vote on the Armenian Genocide. An earlier adoption of rules for the bill confused many, including me. In couple of hours, the house will hold the actual votehttps://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1189130680854339584…

Turkey confirms that its military detained 18 individuals who claim to be part of Assad army in Syria’s Ras al-Ayn district. “We review this case as we coordinate our efforts with Russian counterparts” says Turkish Defense Ministry

Erdogan takes a jab at Trump’s oil oriented Syria policy: “We all have seen that everyone that is interested in Syria only aims for oil resources. We face an intellect who values one drop of oil more than one drop of blood”

NEW — Syrian Kurdish YPG militants have withdrawn from 30km deep border zone in Syria before the completion of the deadline, Russian Defense Minister says The deadline expires in less than 15 minutes. Several reports suggest that YPG is yet to completely withdraw from the area