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Turkey detains 55 military, intelligence personnel over attempted coup: media
Middle East
October 5, 2016
Turkey detains 55 military, intelligence personnel over attempted coup: media
Turkey detained 55 military and intelligence agency personnel on Wednesday over suspected links with U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and his…
Erdogan targets more than 50,000 in purge after failed Turkish coup
Middle East
July 20, 2016
Erdogan targets more than 50,000 in purge after failed Turkish coup
Turkey vowed to root out allies of the US-based cleric it blames for an abortive coup last week, widening a…
Yemeni president purges army of ex-regime loyalists
World
April 7, 2012
Yemeni president purges army of ex-regime loyalists
Yemen's newly appointed president fired several old-regime figures and relatives of the former leader in a major shake-up of the…
Corrupt police officers to be purged in mid-May, says minister
Egypt
July 6, 2011
Corrupt police officers to be purged in mid-May, says minister
Minister of Interior Mansour al-Essawy has promised a re-shuffle of the police force in mid-July, saying that it will serve…