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Muslim leaders warn Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa 'is in danger'

More than 500 Muslim leaders and clerics from 30 countries met in Istanbul on Friday to warn that the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site that is located in Jerusalem, was in danger. The religious and political leaders, representing at least 50 civil society organizations and...

Turkey: 7 detained over Istanbul blast

A total of seven suspects have been arrested over Thursday's blast in Istanbul, which left ten people injured, anti-terror police said Friday. Among those apprehended, a suspected PKK terrorist, whose codename is "Mazlum" was caught with a fake ID card at a security checkpoint in the central...

Iraq, Turkey should coordinate on Mosul

Retaking Iraq’s Daesh-held city of Mosul from the Daesh terrorist group will be much easier if the campaign is coordinated between Baghdad and Ankara, a former Iraqi army chief-of-staff told Anadolu Agency on Friday. According to Babaker Zebari, Iraq-Turkey relations should be...

By fighting ISIS Turkey is securing EU border

Turkish EU Minister Omer Celik said Friday that while ridding the border area of Daesh, Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield has also been securing Europe’s and NATO’s borders as well. Speaking at a joint press conference with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni in Ankara, Celik...