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3 village guards killed in SouthEastern Turkey

Three village guards were martyred and two others injured Thursday in a PKK terrorist attack in the southeast corner of Turkey. Security sources told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity due to the restrictions on speaking to media that PKK terrorists attacked village guards who were in...

ISIS terror group loses more territory in Iraq’s Anbar

The army on Wednesday recaptured the Al-Dabour Island region in Iraq’s western Anbar province from the Daesh terrorist group, Iraqi Army General Qassim al-Muhammadi told Anadolu Agency. "The Iraqi army, backed by airstrikes carried out by the international coalition and the Hashd...

Turkish court remands man over Israeli embassy incident

An Ankara court on Wednesday remanded in custody a man involved in a knife incident outside the Israeli embassy in the Turkish capital last week, judicial sources said. The suspect -- identified earlier by Ankara Governorship as 38-year-old Konya-born Osman Nuri Caliskan -- confessed during...

US to raise number of Iraq advisors to 8,000

Washington will increase the number of its advisors in Iraq in line with a request by Baghdad, according to an Iraqi government statement issued Wednesday. "The reason for the increase of U.S. advisors in Iraq is to provide the necessary support for the imminent campaign to recapture Mosul...