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Suspected car bomb wounds around 20 in Istanbul

(The Daily Star)- A suspected car bomb outside a soccer stadium in central Istanbul wounded around 20 people on Saturday hours after the end of a match between two of Turkey's top teams, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said. Soylu, speaking in parliament during a budget hearing, said around...

Turkish army, allies enter ISIS Syrian bastion Al-Bab

The Turkish army and its allies on Saturday entered ISIS's bastion of Al-Bab in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. "They entered Al-Bab from the northwest after violent clashes with the militants as Turkish artillery bombarded the town," the...

Turkish jets kill 19 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq

At least 19 PKK terrorists were killed in airstrikes carried out by Turkish jets in northern Iraq, the military announced Saturday. The Turkish General Staff said in a statement that 19 terrorists had been "neutralized" in a security operation in the Gara region of northern Iraq. At...

Separate bombings kill 10 people in Baghdad

Separate bombings in the Iraqi capital killed 10 people and wounded another 22 on Friday, according to Iraqi officials. The Baghdad attacks mainly targeted civilians and though there was no immediate claim of responsibility, they bore all the hallmarks of ISIS in what are apparently efforts...