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Turkish army releases details of anti-PKK offensive

The Turkish Armed Forces has released details of a 40-day air and land operation on the terrorist PKK's mountainous bases in Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province. According to local army sources, the operation -- named after Staff Lt. Col. Ilker Celikcan -- was launched on Sep. 27....

Russian plane crash points to Egypt's counterinsurgency flaws

Giant posters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in military uniform hang at security checkpoints leading to the Sinai, but the crash of a Russian airliner in the peninsula has shattered the image of control they seek to project. Western officials have raised the possibility that...

Two Israelis shot, wounded at Hebron holy site: army

Unknown assailants shot and wounded two Israelis at a flash-point holy site in the West Bank city of Hebron Friday, the army said, as sporadic violence again erupted in the Palestinian territories. "Two Israelis were shot at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron," a statement said, with...