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Turkey court jails Kurdish leader for 42 years over 2014 unrest [Video]

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced the former head of a pro-Kurdish party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane. In jail since 2016, Selahattin Demirtas, 51, a two-time election rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,

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Erdogan says Israel will ‘set sights’ on Turkey | AJ [Video]

‘If this rogue state is not stopped, they will set their sights on Anatolia.’Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned Israel’s war on Gaza in some of his strongest rhetoric yet, suggesting Israel has plans to keep expanding its territory.Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile@AljazeeraEnglish#Aljazeeraenglish#News

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Pro-Turkey Syria mercenaries head to Niger to earn cash [Video]

Like hundreds of other pro-Turkish fighters, Omar left northern Syria for mineral-rich Niger last year, joining Syrian mercenaries sent to the West African nation by a private Turkish military company. “The main reason I left is because life is hard in Syria,” fighter Omar, 24, told AFP on message app WhatsApp from Niger. In northern