Turkish police have detained at least 24 people working for a pro-Kurdish newspaper since it was banned this week on suspicion of supporting Kurdish militants, the newspaper said. The detentions bring the number of imprisoned Turkish media workers to 99, based on figures from the European...
Turkey's state-run news agency says officials have made a formal request to Greece for the extradition of eight Turkish officers who fled to the neighboring country after last month's attempted coup. Anadolu Agency said Tuesday a Justice Ministry file for the officers' return has been...
Kurdish Peshmerga forces Monday said they had secured a river crossing point enabling them to open a new front against ISIS and further tighten their grip on the militants' capital Mosul. Backed by airstrikes from the U.S.-led coalition, Kurdish fighters reached Kanhash, the western side of...