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Turkish premier says Russian campaign boosts ISIS in Syria

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu has slammed Russia for bombing moderate rebels and civilians in Syria, arguing that Moscow's aerial campaign has boosted ISIS. Davutoglu told members of his ruling Justice and Development party that Russia has mostly been "targeting moderate opposition...

Protesters, Turkish police clash over curfews

Turkish police on Tuesday fired tear gas cannisters and used water cannon to disperse thousands of people protesting in the southeast against the military crackdown on Kurdish rebels, an AFP photographer said. The protesters sought to march on the Sur neighbourhood of the...

Iraq denies responsibility for abduction of Qatari hunters

 Iraq's foreign minister denied Tuesday that his government had anything to do with the kidnapping of a group of Qatari hunters in the south of the country this month. A large group of unidentified armed men abducted at least 26 Qataris from their desert hunting camp near the Saudi...