Iraq has received a first batch of Russian-made T-90 battle tanks as part of a purchase agreement signed last year, according to an Iraqi Defense Ministry source. “The first batch of Russian tanks arrived yesterday [Thursday] at the Umm Qasr Port [in southern Iraq],” the source told...

Two Turkish pilots died Friday when a military training plane crashed during an exercise in the western province of Izmir, the army said. The military said officials lost contact with the SF-260D jet 23 minutes after it took off from the Cigli base on a training flight at 10:26 am....

Erdogan 'clearly' told Tillerson of Turkey's expectations in Ankara meeting: presidency

The Israeli Central Court in the southern city of Beersheba on Thursday slapped Palestinian resistance icon Raed Salah with six more months in solitary confinement, according to Salah’s lawyer. The head of the banned Islamic Movement in Israel, Salah has already served out six months...