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Fight against ISIS in Al-Bab in 'Turkey's interest'

The ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria and the clashes with Daesh terrorists in Al-Bab are in Turkey's national interest and security, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Thursday. Speaking to TGRT television, Kurtulmus said: “We will continue to support the Free...

Israel to expand settlements in Palestinian territory

(Daily Sabah)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the construction of 2,500 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, according to a statement issued by his office on Tuesday. The approval is the second of its kind since Donald Trump assumed the U.S. presidency last...

Iraqi children flocking back to east Mosul schools

They have been waiting for two and half years and the children of Iraq's east Mosul are flocking to enrol in their reopened schools, eager not to waste another day. "It's a great day, today we are giving our children their right to receive an education," said Ghassan Ahmed, queueing with his...

Jerusalem embassy move ‘war on Islam’

Iraq’s firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has denounced U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to relocate the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, saying the move would amount to a “declaration of war on Islam”.  Trump had pledged during his electoral campaign to...