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A child leans on the coffin of his uncle, Habibullah Sefer, on Thursday. Sefer, along with more than 40 other people, was killed in a suicide attack on Tuesday at the Ataturk airport in Istanbul.

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Fathers, Mothers, Heroes: What We Know About Victims Of The Istanbul Attack

4:24pm June 30, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A father trying to save his son from the Islamic State. A brother working to support his sisters' education. A customs guard who shot one of the attackers. Three sisters, celebrating an engagement.

Bullet impacts are pictured at Istanbul's Ataturk airport on Wednesday, a day after a suicide bombing and gun attack killed more than 40 people.

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3 Suicide Bombers In Istanbul Attack Were Reportedly Russian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz

1:02pm June 30, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A senior Turkish official identified the attackers' nationalities, according to the Dogan News Agency. Police have carried out raids looking for suspects in the attack that killed more than 40 people.

Passengers leave Istanbul Ataturk, Turkey's largest airport, after a suicide bomb attack Tuesday killed at least 42 people and wounded more than 230 people.

U.S. Envoy: 'We're Taking Out' About 1 ISIS Leader Every 3 Days

8:23pm June 29, 2016

by NPR Staff

NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews Brett McGurk, special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, about the fight against ISIS in the wake of the Istanbul airport attack.

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Workers clean the debris from yesterday's blasts at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on Wednesday.

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Istanbul International Airport Open Again After Attack Kills At Least 42

4:57pm June 29, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

More than 230 people were injured on Tuesday in an attack by three suicide bombers, Turkish authorities say. Less than a day later, flights have resumed at Europe's third-busiest airport.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks on Monday at the presidential palace in Ankara. Turkey is now embroiled in conflicts with Syria's President Bashar Assad, the Islamic State and the Kurdish separatists.

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Turkey's Debilitating Conflicts On Three Separate Fronts

3:49pm June 29, 2016

Turkey is currently battling Syrian President Bashar Assad, the Islamic State and Kurdish separatists in southeast Turkey. All the battles are draining the country, and none is going well.

People wait outside the Ataturk airport in Istanbul, where dozens have died in an attack on Tuesday.

World News

Attack At Istanbul's International Airport Kills More Than 30 People

8:47pm June 28, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Several videos have emerged that show security-camera footage of the attack. In one, dozens of people flee just before a fiery blast hits the check-in area.

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A worker puts final touches on the podium at Yerevan's Republic Square on June 23, where Pope Francis is to lead a service. The pontiff arrived in Armenia for a three-day visit on Friday.

Religion

In Armenia Visit, Pope Aims For Reconciliation In A Tense Region

12:00pm June 24, 2016

by Sylvia Poggioli

Last year, Pope Francis called the Ottoman Empire's slaughter of Armenians "the first genocide of the 20th century," sparking a diplomatic spat with Turkey. He begins a 3-day visit to Armenia Friday.

Police officers and rescuers inspect the site of a bomb attack that targeted a police bus in the Vezneciler district of Istanbul on Tuesday.

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Bomb In Istanbul Targets Police Vehicle, Kills 11 People

9:59am June 07, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A blast during the morning rush hour killed at least seven police officers and four civilians, and injured at least 36 others.

Activists with a group that advocated for recognition of the Armenian genocide react at the German Parliament after lawmakers voted to recognize the Armenian genocide. The posters read, "#RecognitionNow says Thanks!"

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German Parliament Votes To Recognize Mass Killing Of Armenians As Genocide

11:39am June 02, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

German legislators overwhelmingly agreed the World War I-era killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks constituted genocide. In response, Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Germany.

Armed men in uniform identified by Syrian Democratic forces as US special operations forces ride in the back of a pickup truck in the village of Fatisah in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa on May 25, 2016.

World News

Shoulder Patches Spark A Diplomatic Flap Between Turkey And The U.S.

11:57am May 28, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The central issue: the Kurdish YPG militia, which the U.S. views as a key ally against the Islamic State in Syria, has been branded a terrorist organization by Turkey's government.