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Two militants kill themselves in standoff with Turkish police

Two militants believed to be preparing a car bomb attack detonated explosives, killing themselves in a remote area near Ankara on Saturday after Turkish police told them to surrender, the provincial governor said. The militants, believed to be a male and female, probably had ties to the...

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...