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Eight PKK militants killed in eastern Turkey

Turkish security forces killed eight militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey on Sunday, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing the local governor. Security forces were searching for another militant who was believed to be on the run after the operation,...

Hamas denies Qatar to expel leaders, but says some to move

 Hamas is denying a report that host Qatar has asked several leaders of the group to leave, but says some senior officials may be shifted to new locations based on "work requirements." Sunday's statement comes after the Lebanon-based TV station Al-Mayadeen reported that Qatar gave Hamas...

Civilians killed while fleeing ISIS in Mosul

The bodies of dozens of civilians killed in the past two days while fleeing an ISIS-held neighborhood in Mosul lay on Saturday in a street close to the frontline with Iraqi armed forces, a Reuters TV crew reported. The dead included men, women and children. Bags in which they had carried...

Jordan repels attack on Syria border

Jordanian border guards on Saturday foiled an attack on the frontier with Syria and killed gunmen riding motorcycles who tried to overrun their position, the army said. It the armed men on motorcycles who belonged to "terrorist groups and coming from Syria" tried to attack a frontline...