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Germany summons Turkish diplomat over latest arrests

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday requested that the charge d'affaires in the Turkish embassy be summoned to the ministry for discussions about Turkey's arrests of Kurdish opposition lawmakers, the ministry said. "The overnight arrests of politicians and lawmakers...

Hama: Assad appoints new head for security committee

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the security and military committee in Hama, Abdo Issa Ibrahim, has been dismissed only two months after appointing, and the former Head, Jamal Yunus has been re-appointed for the position. Appointing Yunus for the Head of Security and Military committee is the third...

Turkey detained pro-Kurdish MPs for 'encouraging terrorism'

A dozen lawmakers from Turkey's opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), which has Kurdish roots, were detained on Friday because they refused to give testimony in criminal proceedings, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. Democratically elected officials normally can only be forced from...

8 ISIS terrorists killed in northern Syria

Eight Daesh terrorists have been killed by coalition forces in seven airstrikes in northern Syria as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, Turkish Armed Forces said Friday. In addition, two defense emplacements and two mortars of Daesh have been destroyed in the airstrikes on Jabal Khirbat...