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Turkey

Izmir Car Bomb Attack Blamed on PKK, 18 Suspects Arrested

18 people were detained on suspicion of links with a deadly car bomb explosion near a courthouse in the city of Izmir in Turkey, Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag announced Friday. A police officer and a court employee have been killed and at least three people were injured in the ...

January 6, 2017

Iraq

Hashd Shaabi volunteer forces during battles west of Mosul

Iraqi Forces Advance against ISIL during Mosul Night Raid

Iraqi army and elite forces advanced against militants of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group in eastern Mosul in their first night-time raid in the city, a spokesman said on Friday. Counter-terrorism service (CTS) forces pushed across a tributary of the Tigris river shortly ...

January 6, 2017

Syria

Russia Starts Scaling down Military Deployment in Syria

Russia’s military on Friday said it has begun scaling down its deployment to Syria, with Moscow’s sole aircraft carrier set to be the first to quit the conflict zone. “In accordance with the decision of the supreme commander of the Russian armed forces Vladimir Putin, the Russian defence ministry is ...

January 6, 2017

Iraq

Explosion in Baghdad Leaves 10 Dead, Over 20 Wounded

Ten people have been killed and 21 wounded in a blast in the center of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Al Mayadeen broadcaster reported Thursday. According to Al Sumaria broadcaster, citing police, a car rigged with explosives went off in the Bab Al Moatham neighborhood of the city.

January 5, 2017

Syria

President Assad tackles counterterrorism with Iraqi PM's envoy

President Assad and Iraqi National Security Advisor Affirm Need for Concerted Efforts against Terrorism

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met on Thursday Faleh al-Fayad, the National Security Advisor and Envoy of Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Abadi. Al-Fayad conveyed to President al-Assad an oral message from al-Abadi, in which he affirmed the importance of cooperation and coordination between Syria and Iraq in their war against the ...

January 5, 2017

Syria

Hundreds of Gunmen in Damascus Countryside Surrender

In the context of the local reconciliations in Damascus countryside, the legal conditions of hundreds of gunmen were settled after they turned themselves in to the Syrian authorities. In parallel, the Syrian army continued counterterrorism operations in various provinces, killing a number of militants and destroying their vehicles as well ...

January 5, 2017

Turkey

Eight Turkish police officers were killed and 45 more people injured on Friday when a car bomb exploded in the southeastern town of Cizre

Deadly Clashes after Car Bomb in Turkey’s Izmir Wounds 10

A car bomb exploded outside a courthouse in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Thursday, wounding at least 10 people and sparking clashes in which at least two “terrorists” were killed, officials and reports said. Several ambulances were rushed to the scene after the blast outside the prosecutors and ...

January 5, 2017

Syria

Nine Civilians Killed, 25 Injured in Terrorist Bombing in Jableh city, Latakia (Updated)

A terrorist car bomb attack took place near the Municipal Stadium in Jableh city in Lattakia province on Thursday. Chief of Lattakia Police Command Yasser al-Shariti told SANA reporter that the attack claimed the lives of a number of civilians and injured many others. SANA reporter said three civilians were ...

January 5, 2017

Iraq

Iraq Cuts Oil Production per OPEC Deal

Iraq has cut crude production by some 200,000 barrels per day as part of an OPEC oil cartel agreement aimed at boosting flagging prices, the oil ministry’s spokesman said Thursday. “Iraq reduced its production to around 4.6 million barrels (per day)” from more than 4.8 million, Assem Jihad told AFP. ...

January 5, 2017

Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu

Turkey Questions US Coalition Presence at Incirlik Air Base amid ‘Confidence Crisis’

Top Turkish officials have questioned the use of Incirlik Air Base by the US-led coalition, citing a “confidence crisis” with Washington and inadequate support for Turkey’s ground forces in Syria. The US-led coalition does little to provide aerial support to Turkish troops deployed in Syria as part of the Operation ...

January 5, 2017