Two PKK terrorists were killed in airstrikes in southeast Turkey, the military said Wednesday. In a statement, the Turkish General Staff said the strikes in Hakkari province, which also destroyed a PKK arms dump, were carried out between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. local time (1700 and 1800GMT)...

Former Israeli President Shimon Peres remains in a "critical but stable" condition in hospital following a massive stroke, his son-in-law and personal physician Rafi Valdan said on Wednesday, though the family is optimistic he will recover. Valdan said it was too early to tell whether there...

The UN has sent 20 humanitarian aid trucks to Syria from Turkey after the U.S.-Russia-brokered cease-fire came into effect across the country, according to security sources. Security sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, said 20 aid trucks...

At least three terrorists were killed in airstrikes carried out by Turkish jets in the country's southeast, the military announced Tuesday. The Turkish General Staff said in a statement that three terrorists were "neutralized" in a security operation in the Semdinli district of southeastern...

Saudi-led airstrikes on a water well north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa have killed 30 people, the UN human coordinator for Yemen has said.  Jamie McGoldrick said 17 people, including first responders and children, were injured in Saturday’s attack in Beit Saadan village of Arhab...

Syrian opposition forces have taken control of an 845 square kilometer (326 square mile) area of northern Syria as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish military said Monday. The operation was launched on Aug. 24 to clear the Turkey-Syria border of Daesh terrorists, using Syrian...

At least 48 people have been wounded in a bomb attack that hit eastern Turkey's Van province Monday, near the governor's office and the headquarters of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.  A bomb-laden vehicle exploded at 10.50 a.m. local time (0750GMT) near the police...

Dozens were killed, mostly militants, in a spate of attacks across Iraq on Monday as the country marked the start of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.  Daesh militants attacked a security headquarters in al-Rutba in western Iraq, police officer Ahmed al-Duleimi told Anadolu...

Turkey appointed new administrators in two dozen Kurdish-run municipalities on Sunday after removing their elected mayors over suspected links to militants, triggering pockets of protest in its volatile southeastern region bordering Syria and Iraq. Police fired water cannon and tear gas to...

At least 21 civilians were killed in two separate air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in northern Yemen on Saturday, residents said on Sunday, as fighting intensified in the country before the Muslim Eid al-Adha feast. They said at least 15 civilians were killed when war planes targeted...

Security forces on Saturday safely detonated a massive homemade explosive in Diyarbakır province at the family cemetery of Mehdi Eker, the Justice and Development (AK) Party deputy chairman, the governorate said. The Tepe District Gendarmerie Command station in the southeastern province...

A Palestinian girl was killed Saturday when a Jewish settler ran her over with his vehicle in the southern occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. “A Palestinian was killed after she was run over by a Jewish settler's car near al-Khader village located near...

A civilian died Saturday in a vehicle explosion caused by PKK terrorists in southeastern Turkey's Tunceli province, the governor's office has confirmed. Three people were in a car when it exploded in the Hozat district, the Tunceli governor's office said in a written statement. One of...

Turkey’s defense minister said Saturday he hoped Syrian refugees would be able to return home safely after Daesh is cleared from an area along the border between the two countries. Fikri Isik said once Operation Euphrates Shield had removed terrorists from the frontier area, refugees would...

(Zaman al-Wasl) Nabil al-Halabi, the director of the Lebanese Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (LIFE), revealed that the al-Assad regime’s ambassador to Beirut Ali Abed al-Karim has started two months ago the immigration process for him and his family to the Hungarian capital of...

Turkish warplanes have hit nine PKK terrorist targets in southeast Turkey, the military said Saturday. The late Friday strikes in Semdinli, Hakkari province, which borders Iraq and Iran, destroyed all nine objectives, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement. The PKK -- listed as a...

A double car bombing at a shopping mall in Baghdad left 16 people dead late Friday, a security source said. Dozens were injured when the bombs exploded at the Nakheel Mall opposite the oil ministry in eastern Baghdad at around midnight local time (2100GMT), the source said on condition of...

Turkish Airlines carried 42.7 million passengers between January-August this year -- up 3.8 percent compared to the same period of 2015, the company said in a stock filing on Friday. Increases in domestic and international routes were 4.8 percent and 3.0 percent respectively while...

Turkey’s current account deficit stood at $2.6 billion in July, down more than $500 million year-on-year largely due to the closing gap between goods imported and exported, the Central Bank said Friday. The reduction was also helped by low oil prices. However, the bank...

At least 10 foreign nationals were taken into custody Friday in the Reyhanli district of Turkey's southern Hatay province during an operation against ISIS, according to security sources. The 10 suspects were identified as five Afghans, two Azerbaijanis, plus one Tajik, Egyptian and Syrian...