The Turkish Armed Forces hit 12 Daesh targets in northern Syria on Friday, according to an army statement released Saturday. Free Syrian Army (FSA) special task force soldiers, backed by Turkey, continued land-based attacks to control areas east and west of the city of Al-Bab. The moves...

Iraqi military and hospital officials say mortar rounds fired by ISIS militants have killed 16 civilians in neighborhoods already retaken by troops. They said the bodies of the 16, killed overnight and early Saturday, have been brought to military hospitals in eastern Mosul. The...

Foreign firefighting planes on Friday helped Israel tackle a wave of wildfires that have forced tens of thousands to flee their homes, as police announced a dozen related arrests. Faced for the past four days with blazes across the country fed by drought and high winds, Israel received...

Jury members for the third Istanbul Photo Awards 2017 -- the international news and sports photography contest organized by Anadolu Agency -- were revealed Saturday. As in past years, the jury for this year's contest is composed of some of the most prestigious names in the field of...