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Militants complete withdrawal of heavy weapons from Idlib buffer zone
Oct 08, 2018 12:48Foreign-sponsored militants have completed the withdrawal of heavy weapons from a planned buffer zone in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, conforming to a deal brokered by Russia and Turkey that has so far held off a government offensive on the last major terrorist stronghold in Syria.
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Militants have not withdrawn weapons from north Syria: observatory
Oct 08, 2018 12:14A pro-opposition monitoring group says Turkey-backed militants have not withdrawn their heavy weapons from the buffer zone in northern Syria as they claim and are instead hiding their arms in the north of Latakia.
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UN urges probe into Saudi journo’s ‘vanishing, murder’
Oct 08, 2018 02:30The United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression calls for an investigation into the disappearance and alleged murder of a prominent Saudi journalist in Turkey.
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Missing Saudi journalist killed at consulate in Turkey: Sources
Oct 07, 2018 03:38Authorities in Turkey have indicated that Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist known for his criticism of then kingdom, could have been killed at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul where he went missing in on Tuesday.
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Turkey to uncover whereabouts, details on missing Saudi journalist: Official
Oct 07, 2018 03:11A high-ranking Turkish official says Ankara will spare no effort to uncover details about prominent Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who went missing after visiting the kingdom’s consulate in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, a few days ago.
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Turkis forces detain 137 PKK suspects in country-wide operation
Oct 06, 2018 13:17Turkish security forces have arrested 137 suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group during a counterterrorism operation across the Anatolian country.
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Erdogan orders ministers not to receive financial advice from US firm
Oct 06, 2018 11:10Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered his ministers not to receive any financial advice from the American consulting firm McKinsey, as his country is in an “economic war” with the United States.
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High-profile Kurdish PKK terrorist 'neutralized' in southeastern Turkey
Oct 04, 2018 17:19Turkish security forces have "neutralized" a high-ranking member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group during a counter-terrorism operation in the country’s southeastern province of Mardin.
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PKK bomb attack hits SE Turkey, kills 7 soldiers
Oct 04, 2018 12:02At least seven Turkish soldiers have lost their lives in a bombing by Kurdish militants that targeted a military convoy in the country's southeastern Batman Province.
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Turkey parliament renews mandate for troop deployment in Syria, Iraq
Oct 04, 2018 10:25Turkey’s parliament has approved a motion to extend for another year the state’s authority to launch cross-border operations in neighboring Iraq and Syria.