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BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 A.M.) Chinas Phoenix TV interviewed Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on Saturday morning to discuss several topics related to his country and region.

During the interview, the Chinese journalist asked the Syrian President what his thoughts were regarding the trilateral meeting taking place between military officials from the U.S., Turkey, and Russia.

The Syrian President responded that the meeting itself was not objective because there is at least one party, which is Turkey, that is sympathetic to the Islamic State (ISIS).

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Yeah, if you want to link that meeting with ISIS in particular, it wont be objective because at least one party, which is Turkey, has been supporting ISIS till this moment, Assad asserted on Saturday morning.

Because Erdogan, the Turkish President, is Muslim Brotherhood. Hes ideologically linked and sympatheti with ISIS and with Al-Nusra. Everybody knows about this in our region and he helped them either through armaments, logistics, and exporting oil, Assad added.

Tensions between Turkey and Syria were believed to be improved up until recently, when the Turkish Armed Forces carried out sporadic attacks against the Syrian Arab Army in northeast Aleppo.

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MUGLA, Turkey

A local court in southern Turkey adjourned trial of more than 40 suspects alleged to attempt to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the defeated July 2016 coup.

Saturday's hearing was held at Chamber of Commerce and Industry's conference in Mugla province, southwestern Turkey.

The "assassination team" accused of targeting Erdogan was among 44 suspects appearing. They had all been jailed pending trial.

Judge Emirsah Bastog ruled that concrete evidence were available with criminal reports, autopsy papers and footages.

The court rejected the demand for the release of all suspects and adjourned the trial to April 24.

The first hearing was on Feb 20. The suspects have been accused of being part of the "assassination team" targeting Erdogan.

During the night of the coup attempt, two police officers were martyred at the scene of Erdogan's hotel in the port town of Marmaris.

Later that night Erdogan told the nation on live television he had narrowly escaped with his life when the hotel was bombed 15 minutes after he left the premises.

The Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), led by U.S.-based Fetullah Gulen, has been accused of orchestrating the foiled coup attempt. The violence left at least 248 people martyred and around 2,200 others wounded.

The government also accuses the FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary.

Since the coup, operations have been ongoing in the military, police and judiciary, as well as in state institutions across the country, to arrest suspects with alleged links to FETO.

*Reporting by Levent Kisi, Durmu Genc; Writing by Ilker Girit

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Erdogan Withdraws From the West Wall Street Journal (subscription) Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Turkey out of the West. The Islamist strongman has been telegraphing this since at least 2008. That was when he launched the great purge of the country's secular establishment, and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) ...

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The gathering was due to take place in the western Austrian town of Hoerbranz but police said it was called off over risks of public disorder ahead of Turkeys controversial April 16 referendum on expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogans powers.

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Turkish ministers have been heading to Europe to whip up support for a yes vote among millions of Turkeys voters who live abroad. Some 360,000 people of Turkish origin call Austria home, including 117,000 Turkish citizens.

But the ministers have been sparring with governments especially Germanys after a string of their events were cancelled by local authorities, ostensibly for logistical reasons.

Experts from rights watchdog Council of Europes independent Venice Commission said on Friday the proposed changes to the Turkish constitution were a dangerous step backwards for democracy.

Erdogan has angrily compared the cancellations of events in Germany linked to the referendum campaign to Nazi practices, drawing sharp criticism from Berlin.

Fridays event in Austria was billed as a book presentation attended by former Turkish energy minister Taner Yildiz, but police said organisers were in reality planning a political rally gathering some 400 people.

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz on Friday urged Ankara not to export domestic politics to Austria.

This hinders integration in Austria, he said in a statement.

Local officials have also called for a Turkish gathering due to take place Saturday evening in the northern town of Linz, attended by AKP lawmaker Muhammet Mufit Aydin, to be banned.

Ties with Ankara have been strained over the crackdown that followed last Julys attempted coup against Erdogan.

Austrias ruling coalition has been divided for several days over a possible bill to ban all foreign politicians from campaigning on national territory.

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Turkey's Erdogan Meets With Russia's Putin to Build on Ties Wall Street Journal (subscription) MOSCOWTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday to discuss their cooperation over Syria and possible energy deals in the face of Ankara's flagging ties with the West. The talks between Messrs Putin and ...

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