The final group of pro-coup Turkish military personnel surrendered Saturday afternoon, a security source said. Around 150 plotters, who are suspected of being members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization, had been holding out at the headquarters of the General Staff and the nearby...

 Any country that stands by the Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen will not be a friend of Turkey and will be considered at war with the NATO member, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday. The government said that followers of Gulen, who has been living in self-imposed exile...

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Saturday for an attack in which a Tunisian ploughed a truck into a crowd in Nice, killing 84, prompting hard questions in France over security failures. In a statement via its Amaq news service, IS said one of its "soldiers" carried out Thursday...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 18 people have been killed in regime air strikes on rebel-held Aleppo on Saturday, activists said. Regime strikes hit the neighborhoods of al-Maadi, al-Mughayer, Bab Hadid, Bab al-Nasr, Bab al-Neirab, Bab Qansrin, al-Mayser, al-Jazmati, al-Sukkari, al-Muwasalt and...

The attempted coup in Turkey saw 161 people martyred and 1,440 injured, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Saturday. Speaking in the Turkish capital Ankara, Yildirim said 2,839 military personnel involved in the “vile attempt” had been arrested. Some were senior officers, he added. He also...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebel factions operating under the Northern Homs Operation Room have captured several regime checkpoints on Friday near Kharbet al-Suda west of al-Waer neighborhood and have cut Homs-Misyaf road for few hours, local sources reported. Zaman al-Wasl’s reporter in Homs said the...

Pro-coup soldiers, who tried to attack the hotel which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan left hours earlier, have escaped from the region, sources said on Saturday. Erdogan was staying at Grand Yazici Marmaris Hotel in Turkey’s Aegean province of Mugla. Sources who requested anonymity...

At least 1,563 army personnel were detained across Turkey on Saturday after a coup attempt, according to the Interior Ministry. The ministry also suspended several parallel state military personnel including 5 generals and 29 colonels. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had earlier announced that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime artillery killed 8 people in the western countryside of Homs as army presses to capture two Turkmen-dominated villages, local reporter said Saturday. Regime forces backed by allied militia launched an attack on Thursday to seize villages of Kazhel and Om...

Below is a timeline of breaking events in Turkey on Friday. All times in GMT, based the times Reuters reported the events. Reuters does not vouch for events reported by other media. 2226 - Two loud explosions heard in center of Turkish capital 2208 - Tanks surround Turkish parliament...

  'Situation largely under control' after Turkey coup attempt: PM

Turkey's military said on Friday it had seized power, but President Tayyip Erdogan said the attempted coup would be put down. If successful, the overthrow of Erdogan, who has ruled Turkey since 2003, would be one of the biggest shifts in the Middle East in years, transforming one of the most...

Ankara (AFP) - Turkish troops launched a coup Friday, with soldiers taking to the streets of Ankara and Istanbul as the prime minister vowed the putschists would "pay the highest price". Jets screeched low overhead in the capital, while citizens rushed for the safety of their homes. State...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Hepatitis A has spread widely in the toen of Salhab and surrounding villages in Sahl al-Ghab due to lack of clean drinking water forcing people to drink wells’ water. Dozens of children were infected with hepatitis A, pushing their parents to rally...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 people, including two children, have been killed in regime air strike on the eastern countryside of Idlib province, local activists said on Friday. 5 more people have been wounded in the strike on the town of Abu Duhur near  a strategic military air base....

 (Zaman Al Wasl-NOW)- Ahrar al-Sham's spokesman defended the movement stand to not taking part in al-Mallah battles in Aleppo to reopen Castello Road, saying its a military suicide due to regime heavy presence and intrusion difficulties. Abu Yousef al-Muhajer told Zaman al-Wasl that the...

Thousands of supporters of powerful Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr filled a central Baghdad square on Friday, disregarding government pleas to scrap protests it said would distract from the war against Islamic State. The demonstration ended a respite from street actions which in April...

Two commanders from Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (RGC) were killed this week in Syria’s northwestern Aleppo province, Iranian media reported Monday. Seyyid Riza Mirasi, a retired RGC colonel, was killed earlier this week, according to local media accounts, while RGC Major Abulfazl...

The funeral of lawmaker Jo Cox, whose murder shocked Britain in the run-up to last month's EU referendum, was being held on Friday in the northern English constituency she represented. Cox, a 41-year-old mother of two young children, was shot and stabbed in the street in the village of...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 rebel groups operating in southern Daraa province launched new offensive to take two hilltops from regime forces as well as to lessen the attacks on the besieged town of Daraya western Damascus, an online statement said. The Southern Front group said taking...