Tag Archives: olive
‘Olive hasn’t been raised’: After praying for miracle, girl's family now plans memorial
Parents charged with child abuse after Olive Garden waitress posts photo on Facebook
Airstrikes pound Syria's Afrin as Turkey launches 'Operation Olive Branch'
By Mert Ozkan and Ellen Francis HASSA, Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkey opened a new front in Syria’s nearly seven-year-old war on Saturday, launching airstrikes against a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia in Afrin province that raise the prospect of a further strain on relations between Ankara and Washington. The operation, dubbed “Operation Olive Branch” by Ankara, pits Turkey against Kurdish fighters allied to the United States at a time when ties between Turkey and Washington – NATO allies and members of the coalition against Islamic State – appear dangerously close to a breaking point.
Turkey's Erdogan holds out olive branch to Germany, EU
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed hope for a better relationship with Germany and the EU after a fractious 2017, saying Ankara needs to reduce its enemies and increase its friends, in an interview published Thursday. The past year has seen Turkey’s long-running bid to join the EU grind to a virtual halt and a crisis in relations with Germany over the crackdown that followed the failed July 15, 2016 coup. “Of course, we want to have good relations with the EU and with EU countries,” Erdogan told Turkish journalists on his presidential plane while on a visit to Africa.
