Incirlik - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org Let No Man Take Your Crown Mon, 06 Nov 2023 19:37:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-Screen-Shot-2024-05-16-at-1.06.13-PM-32x32.png Incirlik - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org 32 32 Pro-Palestinian crowds try to storm air base housing U.S. troops in Turkey https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/pro-palestinian-crowds-try-to-storm-air-base-housing-u-s-troops-in-turkey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pro-palestinian-crowds-try-to-storm-air-base-housing-u-s-troops-in-turkey Mon, 06 Nov 2023 19:37:25 +0000 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/?p=44773 ADANA, Turkey, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon as hundreds of people at a pro-Palestinian rally on Sunday tried to storm an air base that houses U.S. troops, hours before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in Ankara for talks on Gaza. Turkey, which has stepped up...

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]]> ADANA, Turkey, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon as hundreds of people at a pro-Palestinian rally on Sunday tried to storm an air base that houses U.S. troops, hours before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in Ankara for talks on Gaza.

Turkey, which has stepped up its criticism of Israel as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has worsened, supports a two-state solution while hosting members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Since the Israel-Hamas war started, protests have erupted across the country.

Earlier this week, the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, an Islamist Turkish aid agency, organised a convoy to travel to the Incirlik air base in the Adana province in southern Turkey to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza and U.S. support for Israel.

Incirlik, which has been used to support the international coalition fighting Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, also houses U.S. troops. IHH’s protest called for Incirlik to be closed.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/pro-palestinian-crowds-try-storm-air-base-housing-us-troops-turkey-2023-11-05/

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