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Women chant slogans during a protest outside the Swedish consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 22, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed Wednesday that Turkey won't allow Sweden to join the NATO military alliance as long as it permits protests desecrating Islam's holy book to take place. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Turkish President Erdogan: Sweden can’t join NATO if Quran-burning is allowed

By Suzan Fraser and Jari Tanner - Associated Press

An Imam recites from the Quran, Islam's holy book, during a demonstration outside the Swedish embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Outrage over a Quran-burning by a Danish-Swedish anti-Islam politician in Stockholm on Saturday caused protests in Turkey, reflecting tensions between the two countries. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey summons Danish envoy over Quran-burning protest

By Jan M. Olsen and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto attends a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Finland’s top diplomat hints at joining NATO without Sweden

By Jari Tanner and Karl Ritter - Associated Press

From left, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Sweden's King Carl Gustaf at the inauguration of Esrange's new satellite launch ramp, Spaceport Esrange outside Kiruna Sweden, Friday Jan. 13, 2023. The European Commission and the Swedish government met in Sweden's northernmost city Kiruna and nearby Jukkasjarvi on Jan. 12-13, the first meeting since Swedish took over the EU presidency on Jan. 1, 2023. (Jonas Ekströme/TT News Agency via AP)

EU inaugurates first mainland satellite launch port

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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks during the annual Society and Defence Conference in Salen, Sweden, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)

Sweden: Erdogan effigy ‘act of sabotage’ against NATO bid

By Suzan Fraser and Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

People traveling from Russia in cars and coaches queue to cross the border to Finland at the Vaalimaa border check point in Virolahti, Finland, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. The long border between Finland and Russia runs through thick forests and is marked only by wooden posts with low fences meant to stop stray cattle. Soon, a stronger, higher fence will be erected on parts of the frontier. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP, File)

Build the wall? Finland plans border fence with Russia as NATO membership looms

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg left, shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu following a press conferences in Istanbul, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

NATO chief urges Turkey to endorse Finland, Sweden accession

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Far-Right party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni flashes the victory sign at her party's electoral headquarters in Rome, early Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Italian voters rewarded Giorgia Meloni's euroskeptic party with neo-fascist roots, propelling the country toward what likely would be its first far-right-led government since World War II, based on partial results Monday from the election for Parliament. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

First female premier poised to take helm of Italy government

By Nicole Winfield and Frances D'emilio and Giada Zampano - Associated Press

Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a media conference after the signature of the NATO Accession Protocols for Finland and Sweden in the NATO headquarters in Brussels, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

Senate set to vote to ratify adding Sweden, Finland to NATO

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, welcomes Paivi Nevala, minister counselor of the Finnish Embassy, left, and Karin Olofsdotter, Sweden's ambassador to the U.S., center, just before the Senate vote to ratify NATO membership for the two nations in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate approves NATO expansion to Finland, Sweden in rebuke to Putin

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a media conference at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Thursday, June 30, 2022. North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state met for the final day of a NATO summit in Madrid on Thursday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Turkey warns it can ‘freeze’ Sweden, Finland’s NATO process

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FILE - Supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran protest outside Stockholm's district court on the first day of the trial of Hamid Noury, in Stockholm, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. A Swedish court is expected to announce its verdict to an Iranian citizen who faces accusations of committing grave war crimes and murder during the final phase of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. The trial of Hamid Noury comes as ties between Stockholm and Tehran are tense. (Stefan Jerrevang/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Iranian gets life in prison in Sweden for 1980s crimes

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Illustration on Biden's arms sales to Turkey by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden makes NATO look weak with arms sales to Turkey

By David L. Phillips

Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a media conference after the signature of the NATO Accession Protocols for Finland and Sweden in the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

NATO gets a big new border with Russia in major expansion

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives for the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday, June 30, 2022. North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state will meet for a NATO summit in Madrid from Tuesday through Thursday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Live updates | Trudeau: Canada to up Latvia troop presence

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