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5 PKK terrorists 'neutralized' in SouthEastern Turkey

A total of five PKK terrorists were killed and 18 PKK targets destroyed in Turkey's east and southeast and northern Iraq Wednesday by the Turkish Armed Forces, according to military sources. According to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the...

Turkey says Iraqi lawmakers' decision temporary

The Iraqi parliament’s rejection of Turkey’s military presence in the country is not a reflection of the feelings of ordinary Iraqis, the Turkish foreign minister said Wednesday. Speaking at a news conference in Ankara, Mevlut Cavusoglu said the decision against the Turkish base at...

ISIS leaders defecting before Mosul operation

Daesh leaders are leaving Mosul as Iraqi forces prepare to take the city held by the militant group since 2014, a Canadian general said Wednesday. Comments by Brig. Gen. Dave Anderson, who heads the U.S.-led coalition’s train-and-equip program for Iraqi and Kurdish peshmerga forces, came...