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Erdogan Rejects US Pressure To Cut Hamas Ties

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan views Hamas as the legitimately elected leaders of Gaza (Credit: AFP)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday pushed back against mounting US pressure to cut Ankara's historic ties with Hamas in the wake of the militants' unprecedented attacks on Israel.

The US Treasury's top terrorism financing official conveyed Washington's "profound" alarm about the Ankara's past relations with Hamas during a visit to Turkey this week.

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