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Turkey detains 24 people over social media comments on Syria, ministry says
Middle East
January 22, 2018
Turkey detains 24 people over social media comments on Syria, ministry says
Turkish police have detained 24 people for allegedly “spreading terrorist propaganda” on social media related to Ankara’s military operation against…
Turkey in new assault on Kurdish militia on Syria
Middle East
January 22, 2018
Turkey in new assault on Kurdish militia on Syria
Turkey on Monday shelled Kurdish militia targets in Syria and claimed progress in a cross-border offensive that has stoked concern…
Iraq to hang German woman for belonging to ‘Islamic State’
Middle East
January 21, 2018
Iraq to hang German woman for belonging to ‘Islamic State’
A German woman of Moroccan origin was sentenced to death by hanging by a court in Iraq on Sunday after…
Turkey will create 30 km-deep ‘safe zone’ in Syria’s Afrin: HaberTurk citing PM
Middle East
January 21, 2018
Turkey will create 30 km-deep ‘safe zone’ in Syria’s Afrin: HaberTurk citing PM
Turkey aims to create 30 kilometer (19 miles) “safe zone” as part of its operation in northern Syria’s Afrin province,…
Turkey says ground forces push into Syria, Kurdish militia says attack repulsed
Middle East
January 21, 2018
Turkey says ground forces push into Syria, Kurdish militia says attack repulsed
Turkish ground forces pushed into northern Syria’s Afrin province on Sunday, media cited the prime minister as saying, as Ankara…
Turkish artillery fires in northern Syria after border town hit
Middle East
January 21, 2018
Turkish artillery fires in northern Syria after border town hit
Turkey continued to fire artillery at a US-backed Kurdish militia in northern Syria on Sunday, after Turkey’s state media said…
Assad regime promotes Syria as a ‘tourist’ destination
World
January 20, 2018
Assad regime promotes Syria as a ‘tourist’ destination
It is over a year since Bashar al-Assad’s regime, with the help of Russian air strikes and barrel bombs, pounded…
Turkey shells Syria’s Afrin region, minister says operation has begun
Middle East
January 20, 2018
Turkey shells Syria’s Afrin region, minister says operation has begun
Turkish artillery fired into Syria’s Afrin region on Friday in what Ankara said was the start of a military campaign…
Turkey launches offensive against Kurdish-held Afrin in Syria
Middle East
January 20, 2018
Turkey launches offensive against Kurdish-held Afrin in Syria
Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli on Friday said a military campaign aimed at ousting Kurdish forces from their enclave in Afrin…
German rapper-turned-jihadi Denis Cuspert reportedly killed in Syria
Middle East
January 19, 2018
German rapper-turned-jihadi Denis Cuspert reportedly killed in Syria
Germany’s most well-known jihadi, Denis Cuspert, has been killed in Syria, a pro “Islamic State” (IS) media site has reported.…