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2 PKK terrorists killed in eastern Turkey operation

Two PKK terrorists were killed in Turkey’s eastern province of Tunceli on Sunday, local officials said. In a statement, the governor’s office said they were killed in airstrikes by F-16 jets and Cobra attack helicopters after being spotted in Ovacik district by aerial drones. “Two...

Turkish bulldozers resume dredging Syrian farmers’ fields

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish bulldozers resume Sunday dredging agricultural fields of Syrian farmers at the village of Aqrabat near Bab al-Hawa crossing point, although farmers are meeting the Wali of Hatay State Monday, to provide him with the real estate map to show the ownership of lands those...

Palestinians arrest 4 who attended settler celebration

(The Daily Star)- A senior Palestinian official says four Palestinians were detained for attending a Jewish holiday celebration in a West Bank settlement. The official said Sunday "any Palestinian cooperation with settlers is viewed as violating the law, as he cooperates with the enemy." He...

Iraqi Kurds say they captured town near Mosul

Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from Islamic State on Sunday as coalition forces pressed their offensive against the jihadists' last stronghold in Iraq. An American official said Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdish region, had told U.S. Defense...