ANKARA (AA) – Turkish security forces killed 10 PKK fighters in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. They were targeted in the areas of Operations Peace Spring, Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch, Turkiye’s cross-border offensives, the ministry said on Twitter. Since 2016, Ankara has launched a trio of operations...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq said Tuesday it had hosted a fifth round of tension-easing talks between regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahaf described the talks between the two neighbors as “positive”. “The atmosphere of the negotiations was calm and there was a state of positivity and understanding,̶...
BAGHDAD (AA) – An Iraqi soldier and two ISIS terrorists were killed in a security swoop north of the capital Baghdad on Tuesday, according to the defense ministry. A ministry statement said security forces raided a hideout for ISIS terrorists in al-Boghbin, 50 km north of Baghdad. An Iraqi soldier and two terrorists, including a […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A businessman was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment on Monday for his involvement in the attempt to overthrow the Turkish government in 2016. The trial of 17 defendants including Turkish businessman Osman Kavala and nine fugitives over allegations regarding the July 15, 2016, failed coup attempt in Turkiye a...
JERUSALEM, WEST BANK (AA): An Israeli court sent the file of the Palestinian family that has been fighting the eviction order from its house in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem to the execution judge for the evaluation of the objections on Tuesday. An appeal hearing was held at the Jerusalem Magistrates Court […...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – India’s decision to effectively ban its citizens from studying in Pakistan has put in jeopardy the future of hundreds of Kashmiri students. Scores of students from Indian-administered Kashmir are currently enrolled in Pakistani medical and engineering colleges and universities, while a similar number have completed their...
ANKARA – Germany is home to more than 84 million people and hosts the second-largest Muslim population in Western Europe after France, but the country cannot seem to avoid racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia and discrimination. Figures published in May 2021 taint the country’s image as a multicultural society as the number of violent ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Three Palestinian fishermen were detained by Israeli naval forces off the coast of the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday. Zakaria Baker of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAEC) in Gaza said the three fishermen were taken into custody while fishing off the coast of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip. […]
BURSA, Turkiye – A trainer plane crashed in a residential area in Turkiye’s northwestern Bursa province on Monday April 25. The flight instructor and trainee pilot were killed in the accident. The single-engine aircraft came down in an area with multiple residential buildings, but there were no reports of any casualties on the ground. Firefigh...
ANKARA – At least three PKK fighters were ‘neutralized’ in Turkiye’s southeastern Sirnak region as part of the country’s Eren Abluka-5 (Blockade) operation, according to the Turkish interior minister. Suleyman Soylu said in a tweet the operation to ‘neutralize’ the terrorists was carried out jointly by...
