Israel's military has sent an extra battalion to Hebron in the occupied West Bank after a spike in alleged attacks over the weekend.  "In accordance with situation assessments following recent terror attacks, the IDF [army] is deploying a battalion to reinforce the area of Hebron," the...

The Turkish military said 67 Daesh targets were hit and five terrorists “neutralized” Saturday in northern Syria as part of Operation Euphrates Shield. According to a statement issued by the Turkish General Staff on Saturday, the targets were hit with 260 howitzer missiles and 59 multiple...

The Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs on Saturday began to distribute Turkish aid in the Gaza Strip. "We have come to the Gaza Strip to deliver aid to the Gazans,” Fahrettin Göker of Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said. “We tell you that Turkish...

Iraqi refugees have started to return to the western city of Fallujah, which was recaptured from the Daesh group in May. “Around 500 refugee families were moved to the center of Fallujah,” Anbar provicial chief Sabah Kahrout told Anadolu Agency on Saturday. He said the returning families...

Turkish warplanes destroyed three Daesh targets in northern Syria, Turkish military said Saturday. According to the Turkish General Staff’s statement, an air operation was conducted Saturday between 11.53 a.m. (0853 GMT) and 12.26 p.m. (0926 GMT), which resulted in the destruction of three...

Three Turkish soldiers were martyred and four others injured during a clash between PKK terrorists and security forces in southeastern Hakkari province Saturday, according to the provincial governor's office. Five PKK terrorists were also “neutralized” in the province’s Agacdibi Village, the...

Israeli forces have killed dozens of Arab captives, who were surrendered during a war in the first years of Israel’s existence, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.  According to a testimony obtained by the newspaper, the prisoners were held in a courtyard where they were questioned about...

Three American flags were lowered on top of buildings under the control of the PYD/PKK terrorist group in Tal Abyad town in Syria’s northern city of Raqqah on Saturday, a local source in the region told Anadolu Agency. The U.S. flags had emerged at the group’s base in the area on Friday,...

At least seven people were killed and dozens injured in a spate of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Friday.  A military patrol struck a roadside bomb in al-Tarmiya, north of Baghdad, killing two soldiers and injuring four others, police officer Dham al-Mahmud told Anadolu...

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian who stabbed and wounded a soldier in the West Bank on Saturday, the military said, as a flare-up of a nearly year-old wave of Palestinian street attacks entered a second day. The soldier was taken to hospital for treatment, the military said. With...

"In the attack, three civilians were injured. In response to the immediate threat, forces at the scene fired at the vehicle, resulting in the death of one of the assailants while the other was wounded," the statement said. Several hours later, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier at a...

 Five PKK terrorists were killed in a military operation Friday in Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province, security sources told Anadolu Agency. The Turkish army shelled several areas in the province’s Semdinli district, said the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity due to...

The anti-terror police detained Friday 24 foreign nationals, including a Syrian suspected of providing explosives and ammunition to Daesh terrorists, a security source said. The Syrian national identified as Azzov K. was detained along with the others during a police raid in Kucukcekmece...

Seven village guards, one specialist sergeant and one soldier were martyred Thursday in a PKK attack in the eastern province of Agri, according to officials. Three soldiers and two civilians were also injured in the same attack by the terrorist group. A clash broke out between security...

(Daily Sabah)- Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov's meeting with his Turkish counterpart Gen. Hulusi Akar yesterday hinted toward more military collaboration in the Syrian crisis. Akar received Gerasimov at the General Staff headquarters following a greeting...

Turkish Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman on Thursday criticized European countries for closing their borders to Syrian refugees. Speaking at European Conference of Presidents of Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Kahraman criticized certain European countries over "building walls [to block]...

Since Wednesday evening, Muslim pilgrims have flocked to Saudi Arabia’s city of Medina after completing this year’s Hajj ritual -- the "fifth pillar" of Islam -- in the nearby city of Mecca. According to the Saudi Press Agency, Medina’s Civil Organization of Hajj Guides -- devoted to...

A senior Saudi official, responding to Iranian criticism of Riyadh's management of the haj pilgrimage, urged Iran to end what he called wrong attitudes toward Arabs and warned it against any use of force in its rivalry with the kingdom. Mecca province governor Prince Khaled al-Faisal, in...

Two convoys of aid for the Syrian city of Aleppo were waiting in no-man's land on Wednesday after crossing the Turkish border, as disagreements between warring sides and security fears held up deliveries on the third day of a ceasefire. The convoys, each of around 20 trucks carrying mostly...

Israeli warplanes on Tuesday night struck several Syrian artillery batteries in ostensible retaliation for rockets fired earlier from Syrian territory into northern Israel, the Israeli military has said. In a statement, the army said Israeli warplanes had targeted artillery batteries...