Russian helicopters pounded jihadist positions around the ancient city of Palmyra on Tuesday as Syrian troops pressed a ground advance, a monitoring group said. "Russian helicopters and warplanes, that are likely Russian, are bombarding Islamic State group positions...

Airstrikes by 11 Turkish warplanes in northern Iraq Monday are believed to have killed 45 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants, the armed forces said in a statement Tuesday. The military said the strikes by F-16 and F-4 jets, in the Qandil mountain area where the PKK has its main bases, also...

Turkish authorities declared a curfew in a neighborhood of southeast Turkey's largest city Diyarbakir on Tuesday to fight Kurdish militants in the area, local officials announced as clashes broke out in the area. The curfew was imposed in the Kaynartepe neighborhood of...

Turkish warplanes bombed camps belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq early on Monday, Turkey's army said, following a car bomb attack in Ankara that killed at least 37 people. Eleven warplanes carried out the strikes on eighteen recently...