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‘Turkey Acts Like ISIS Ally, Should Not Be EU Member’ Says Czech President

“I think Turkey is indeed a member of NATO, but sometimes behaves as if it’s more an ally of Islamic State. It removes oil from Syria which finances Islamic State.”

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Turkish soldiers on a tank hold their position on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani.

Turkey should not become an EU member, said Czech President Milos Zeman, adding that Ankara sometimes behaves like an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) ally, even though Turkey is part of NATO. "I think Turkey is indeed a member of NATO, but sometimes behaves as if it’s more an ally of Islamic State. It removes oil from Syria which

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‘Time Of Looking Away Over’: Germany Warns Saudi Arabia To Stop Funding Wahhabism

The allegations against Saudi Arabia have been around for some time, but it is rare for a Western politician to speak out against it, as the Gulf State remains a key western ally.

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Germany has publicly warned Saudi Arabia against further financing religious radicals globally. German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel’s demand to cut money flowing to the Wahhabis comes as some lawmakers are growing weary of Saudi-funded radical mosques. Gabriel stressed that the Saudi regime has been funding mosques known for radicalizing the

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Don’t Bomb Syria! Thousands Protest Proposed UK Military Action

Mass protests have taken place in London and many other cities across the country urging the government not to conduct airstrikes in Syria.

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Demonstrators protest against British bombing of Syria outside Downing Street in London, Britain, 28 November 2015. (Hannah McKay/PA)

‘Don’t Bomb Syria’ signs were plentiful, as thousands of protesters took to the streets of the British capital to make their voices heard, in a rally organized by the Stop the War coalition. The demonstration in London started outside Prime Minister David Cameron’s residence at 10 Downing Street. The rally was against a planned vote in

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Pressure Mounting On David Cameron To Investigate Saudi Support Of ISIS

Internal political pressure in mounting to rethink the UK’s relationship with the it’s gulf allies.

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Prime Minister David Cameron pictured in 2012 meeting former Saudi King Abdullah.

Prime Minister David Cameron must examine financial links between UK-allied Gulf regimes and terror groups, or risk facing awkward questions about Conservative Party links to “rich Arab Gulf individuals,” says former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown. Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine program on Tuesday, Ashdown – who is also a former soldier

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Epic Bombing Fail: PBS Uses Russian Footage To Depict US Airstrikes On ISIS Oil Fields

PBS NewsHour spliced Russian Defense Ministry’s video of airstrikes against ISIS oil infrastructure into their report.

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Apparently being unable to find any footage of the US Air Force strikes against Islamic State’s oil infrastructure, PBS NewsHour spliced Russian Defense Ministry’s video into their report – but it did not go unnoticed. The PBS report last week used two objective control videos made by Russian drones while Sukhoi bombers based at Khmeimim

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Putin: ISIS Financed From 40 Countries, Including G20 Members

President Vladimir Putin says he’s shared Russian intelligence data on ISIS financing with his G20 colleagues: the terrorists appear to be financed from 40 countries, including some G20 member states.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks as he heads a meeting on the Russian plane crash in Egypt, in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, early Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015. The head of Russia's FSB security service says the crash of the passenger plane in Egypt was the result of a 'terrorist' act. Alexander Bortnikov told Putin on Tuesday that a homemade explosive device blew up on the plane. All 224 people on board the plane, most of them Russian tourists, were killed in the Oct. 31 crash. (Alexei Nikolsky/SPUTNIK, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

During the summit, “I provided examples based on our data on the financing of different Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) units by private individuals. This money, as we have established, comes from 40 countries and, there are some of the G20 members among them,” Putin told the journalists. Putin also spoke of the urgent need to curb the

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Kissinger: Let Russia Defeat ISIS, Its Destruction More Important Than Overthrow Of Assad

“The current inconclusive U.S. military effort risks serving as a recruitment vehicle for ISIS as having stood up to American might.”

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Defeating Islamic State should take precedence over regime change in Syria, Henry Kissinger has argued, adding that Russia’s intervention may help re-establish order in the Middle East that was once entirely dominated by the US. “The destruction of ISIS is more urgent than the overthrow of Bashar Assad,” the elderly US statesman, who served as

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