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Rocket attack kills custodian of Zainab's shrine in Syria

A rocket strike near a Shia Muslim shrine in Damascus killed a custodian of Zainab (AS) on Friday, activists and residents said, in an attack that could inflame sectarian tensions in Syria’s 28 month old conflict. Opposition activists and residents said shrapnel killed Anas Romani, the...

Turkey vows to protect borders from Syria spillover

  Turkey on Friday vowed to "respond immediately" to any violation of its borders by Kurdish separatists fighting in Syria. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made the warning following the seizure of a Syrian town on the border with Turkey by rebels from the Kurdish...

The Renewed Threat of Terrorism to Turkey

      For three decades, Turkey’s terrorist threat has been viewed largely through the lens of Kurdish militancy. Yet just as one front closes down,[1] a new hazard has emerged, primarily as a result of the current war in Syria. On May 11,...