Turkish authorities suspended nearly 13,000 police officers, detained dozens of air force officers and shut down a TV station on Tuesday, widening a state-ordered clampdown against perceived enemies in the wake of July's failed coup. The police headquarters said 12,801 officers, including...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian resistance forces killed 9 NDF militants on Tuesday in Salamiye city in Hama province, local sources reported. The attack launched on 3 regime and its supporting militia checkpoints in the villages of al-Mizaraa and al-Sathiyaat in Salamiya south western countryside....

Two leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood group were shot dead by Egyptian security forces south of Cairo, the country’s interior ministry said.  In a Tuesday statement, the ministry said Mohamed Kamal, 61, was killed along with Yasser Shehata in a shootout late Monday in Cairo’s...

Pockets of Taliban fighters held out overnight against Afghan government forces in the northern city of Kunduz, a police official said on Tuesday, a day after the militants pushed deep into the city center. Taliban militants slipped past government defenses early on Monday and occupied or...