ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye will take additional steps if one of the government parties in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region fails to change its supportive attitude towards PKK members, the Turkish foreign minister has said. “We will not hesitate to take further measures if the PUK does not change its supportive attitude towards the PKK des...
WASHINGTON (AA) – No US personnel or facilities were targeted in missile attacks by Iran, according to the White House. “We have seen the reports, and we tracked the missiles, which impacted in northern Iraq and northern Syria. No US personnel or facilities were targeted,” National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson told Anado...
Baghdad, Iraq – AFP Iraq summoned Iran’s envoy in Baghdad and recalled its ambassador from Tehran on Tuesday in a sharp rebuke to its ally over deadly missile strikes on its autonomous Kurdish region. Iraq challenged Iran’s claim that the strikes targeted Israel’s intelligence services in response to recent Israeli assa...
ANKARA (AA) – As many as 77 PKK members have been “neutralized” in airstrikes conducted in northern Iraq and Syria, Türkiye’s national defense minister said on Monday. “A total of 78 targets, including caves, shelters, hideouts, and oil facilities assessed to be used by separatist terrorist organization and believed to contain terrorists...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Clashes occurred between Jordanian soldiers and smugglers from Syria, injuring a number of them and leaving some others arrested, said Jordan’s army in a statement. “Since two o’clock in the morning, Saturday, armed clashes have been taking place between border guard forces and large armed groups of smugglers o...
IDLIB (AA) – Four Syrians were killed and 11 injured on Monday in an attack by the Bashar al-Assad regime in western Aleppo, said local sources. According to civilian defense sources, the regime forces, stationed in the town of Nubbul in northwest Aleppo, along with Iranian-backed groups, launched an attack on the Darat Izza district [&h...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – Four civilians were injured on Sunday in shelling by Syrian regime forces on the war-torn country’s northeastern city of Idlib. The regime and Iranian-backed groups stationed in the city of Saraqib launched ground attacks targeting Idlib city center, an Anadolu correspondent reported. The injured were immediatel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An explosive-laden unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from Syria crashed in the Golan Heights, Israeli Army Radio reported on Thursday. According to the radio report, this marks the first incident of its kind since October 7. The UAV crash caused damage to a building in the Israeli-occupied area, but no injuries were reported...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Thousands amassed Thursday in the Iranian capital for the funeral of senior Revolutionary Guards commander Razi Moussavi, three days after he was killed in an Israeli strike. The crowd in Tehran’s central Imam Hossein square chanted “Death to Israel” and “Death to America”. Israel has long...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Iraqi government has condemned the US targeting of its military sites, labelling it a “clear hostile act.” In a statement, the media office of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani said the US act “runs counter to the pursuit of enduring mutual interest in establishing security and stability,”...
