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Support program trains 1,000 Syrian entrepreneurs

A UN-backed program to train Syrian entrepreneurs in Turkey has produced a thousand graduates, a Turkish NGO said on Wednesday. The three-month scheme was a pilot program run by Habitat and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Called IMECE -- a Turkish word which...

Mosul campaign to wrap up in 3 months: Iraqi diplomat

The ongoing campaign to recapture Mosul from the Daesh terrorist group is likely to continue for another three months, Iraqi Ambassador to Turkey Hisham Ali Akbar Ibrahim al-Alawi said Wednesday. "We expect the Mosul campaign to wrap up in three months," he said. Speaking at a press...

Turkey destroys 14 PKK targets in northern Iraq

Turkish warplanes destroyed 14 PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq Tuesday night, a military source said Wednesday. The airstrikes took place in the country’s Zap, Gara, Hakurk and Avasin-Basyan regions between 6 p.m. (1500GMT) and 8.34 p.m. (1734GMT) and destroyed 14 targets of the...